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This volume pulls together a remarkable collection of contributors designed to challenge the positive-normative dichotomy in economic methodology. . . The intent of this publication is to provide a reference manual for those seeking insights into the connections between economics and ethics. It succeeds in that goal and should become a starting point for anyone who believes that mainstream economics needs methodological reorientation. . . Anyone interested in ethics and economic methodology would do well to have this reference book handy. Highly recommended. J. Halteman, Choice This new Handbook of Economics and Ethics makes a substantial contribution as a wide-ranging up-to-date reference w...
"The Many Futures of Work is a collection of essays by scholars, journalists, and activists from across the United States, all exploring what 'work' may eventually look like given trends in the economy, globalization, technology, society, and public policy"--
Give your readers a truly global review of social justice and equality. Readers will learn from a variety of international perspectives. Across four chapters, readers will explore social justice's relationship to economic inequality, minorities, gender, and the global community. Compelling essays expose information that readers should know, such as whether economic growth in India and China as exacerbated inequality. Essay sources include the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Amnesty International, and the Jubilee Debt Campaign. Essayists include Deepankar Basu, Mohamed S. Ben Aissa, Nguyen Thi Thu Phuong, and Algernon Austin.
With the nation enjoying a remarkable long and robust economic expansion, AfricanAmerican employment has risen to an all-time high. Does this good news refute the notion of a permanently disadvantaged black underclass, or has one type of disadvantage been replaced by another? Some economists fear that many newly employed minority workers will remain stuck in low-wage jobs, barred from better-paying, high skill jobs by their lack of educational opportunities and entrenched racial discrimination. Prosperity for All? draws upon the research and insights of respected economists to address these important issues. Prosperity for All? reveals that while African Americans benefit in many ways from a...