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The myth that made us :how false beliefs about racism and meritocracy broke o…
"How resistance to fix economic inequality is tied to the persistent myth of meritocracy, and how to change the narrative"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262375832
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The work of the future :building better jobs in an age of intelligent machines
"A trade book based on the final report of MIT's Work of the Future Task Force"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262367750
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Universal basic income
"An EKS book describing the arguments for and against a universal basic income, drawing on research from around the world, with a particular focus on likelihood of adoption within the United States"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262376792
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The Vanishing Middle Class :Prejudice and Power in a Dual Economy.
Why the United States has developed an economy divided between rich and poor and how racism helped bring this about.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262348768
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- 1 online resource (288 pages)
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Minimum wages
This is a comprehensive review of evidence on the effect of minimum wages on employment, skills, wage and income distributions, and longer-term labour market outcomes, and concludes that the minimum wage is not a good policy tool.Minimum wages exist in more than one hundred countries, both industrialized and developing. The United States passed a federal minimum wage law in 1938 and has increas…
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- 9780262280563
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- 1 online resource (377 pages) :illustrations
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Public policy and the economics of entrepreneurship
Papers presented at a conference held at Syracuse University in April 2001.This groundbreaking collection of essays by leading economists examines different aspects of entrepreneurship and its relation to public policy.Entrepreneurship has been a subject of much recent discussion among academics and policymakers because of the belief that it invigorates the economy--producing greater productivi…
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- 9780262275606
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- 1 online resource (xii, 213 pages) :illustrations
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The role of annuity markets in financing retirement
Annuity insurance products help protect retirees against outliving their incomes.Dramatic advances in life expectancy mean that today's retirees must plan on living into their eighties, their nineties, and even beyond. Longer life expectancies are the symbol of a prosperous society, but this progress also means that some retirees will need to plan conservatively and cut back substantially on th…
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- 9780262269377
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Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries Challenges and Opportunities
Employment and job creation are key components in achieving economic growth and sustainable development, particularly in low-income countries. The growing size of the working-age population in many developing regions underscores the need to further strengthen labour market structures in the world’s poorest countries. Despite the importance of studying emerging labour markets, and investigatin…
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Structural Transformation in South Africa The Challenges of Inclusive Indust…
Taking South Africa as an important case study of the challenges of structural transformation, the book offers a new micro-meso level framework and evidence linking country-specific and global dynamics of change, with a focus on the current challenges and opportunities faced by middle-income countries. Detailed analyses of industry groupings and interests in South Africa reveal the complex set …
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