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02024aam a2200409Ii 4500 001 2C31F4024DCE11E89F5D1D5C97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180502010046 008 170918s2018 nyu b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2018931583 020 $a 154164560X 020 $a 9781541645608 040 $d SILO 050 4 $a E184.A1 $b S686 2018 082 04 $a 305.8 $2 23 100 1 $a Sowell, Thomas, $d 1930- $e author. 245 10 $a Discrimination and disparities / $c Thomas Sowell. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Basic Books, $c 2018. 300 $a vii, 179 pages ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Disparities and prerequisites -- Discrimination: meanings and costs -- Sorting and unsorting people -- The world of numbers -- Social visions and human consequences. 520 $a "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. 650 0 $a Minorities $z United States $x Economic conditions. 650 0 $a Minorities $x Economic aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Race discrimination $z United States. 941 $a 9 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240305041847.0 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718093119.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20211026010254.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210023053.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006114835.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20180815010057.0 952 $l TNPD062 $d 20180713052601.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20180602010816.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20180502010604.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2C31F4024DCE11E89F5D1D5C97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search