Gary Stanley Becker · 1957
An economic analysis applying price theory to study the effects of prejudice on wages and employment.
Russ Roberts highlights that it features a huge amount of economic nuance rather than simple dogmatic answers.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“reading this book reminded me a little bit of reading The Economics of Discrimination by Gary Becker.”
Why: It features a huge amount of economic nuance rather than simple dogmatic answers.
Russ Roberts, Host on EconTalkTwenty Years of Freakonomics (with Stephen Dubner)
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