TY - BOOK AU - O'Flaherty,Brendan TI - The economics of race in the United States SN - 9780674368187 (alk. paper) AV - HT 1521 O33e 2015 U1 - 305.80973 PY - 2015/// CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts PB - Harvard University Press KW - Race KW - United States KW - History KW - Raza KW - Historia KW - Estados Unidos KW - Minorities KW - Economic conditions KW - Minorías KW - Condiciones economicas KW - Social conditions KW - Condiciones sociales KW - Relaciones raciales N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-460) and index N2 - Brendan O’Flaherty brings the tools of economic analysis—incentives, equilibrium, optimization—to bear on racial issues. From health care, housing, and education, to employment, wealth, and crime, he shows how racial differences powerfully determine American lives, and how progress in one area is often constrained by diminishing returns in another ER -