02622cam a2200445 i 4500 423523261 TxAuBib 20200417120000.0 180809s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781541645608 154164560X (OCoLC)1050932989 TxAuBib rda Sowell, Thomas, 1930- Discrimination and Disparities / Thomas Sowell. First edition. New York : Basic Books, 2018. 179 pages, hardbound ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Disparities and prerequisites -- Discrimination: meanings and costs -- Sorting and unsorting people -- The world of numbers -- Social visions and human consequences. "Challenges believers in such one-factor explanations of economic outcome differences as discrimination, exploitation or genetics. It offers its own new analysis, based on an entirely different approach--and backed up with empirical evidence from around the world. The point is not to recommend some particular policy "fix", but to clarify why so many policy fixes have turned out to be counterproductive, and to expose some seemingly invincible fallacies behind many of those conterproductive policies"--Jacket. "Economic and other outcomes differ vastly among individuals, groups, and nations. Many explanations have been offered for the differences. Some believe that those with less fortunate outcomes are victims of genetics. Others believe that those who are less fortunate are victims of the more fortunate. [This book examines a] wide array of empirical evidence ... to challenge the idea that different economic outcomes can be explained by any one factor, be it discrimination, exploitation, or genetics"--Amazon.com. 20200417. Economic policy. USA. Income distribution. Discrimination / Economic aspects. Minorities / United States / Economic conditions. Minorities / Economic aspects / United States. Race discrimination / United States. BUSINESS et ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination et Race Relations. Minorities / Economic aspects. Minorities / Economic conditions. United States. Nonfiction.