The Anatomy of Racial InequalitySpeaking wisely and provocatively about the political economy of race, Glenn C. Loury has become one of our most prominent black intellectuals—and, because of his challenges to the orthodoxies of both left and right, one of the most controversial. A major statement of a position developed over the past decade, this book both epitomizes and explains Loury’s understanding of the depressed conditions of so much of black society today—and the origins, consequences, and implications for the future of these conditions. |
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Glenn C. Loury. THE ANATOMY OF RACIAL INEQUALITY LEARNING ABOUT FEEDBACK EFFECTS To aid in this reflection , consider the key distinction be- tween " competitive " and " monopolistic " observing situa- tions . A competitive situation is ...
... effects sketched earlier so as to improve the equity and the efficiency of the subject - observer interac- tions . But this would not be possible for a competitive observer . Even if a small employer or a taxi driver learned or was told ...
... effects of stigma are surely more subtle than that . Those effects are deeply embedded in the symbolic and expressive life of the nation , and in the narrative account that is finally to be told about the nation's origins and destiny ...