Suchergebnisse

The shift from pro-fertility norms to individual-choice norms -- Religion matters -- The secularization debate -- Evolutionary modernization theory and secularization -- What's causing it? : the rise of individual-choice norms -- What's causing it? : insecurity -- Secularization accelerates in high-income countries -- What comes next : people need a clear belief system -- What is replacing religion? -- What comes next : at what point does even Sweden get a xenophobic authoritarian party? -- What comes next?

"Few topics are more certain to generate a lively debate among any group of individuals than the causes and consequences of income inequality. Economists are prone to similar, although more reasoned and empirically based, debates. This book is a curated collection of essays that explore a wide range of viewpoints about income inequality in the United States. Neither income nor income inequality is easily measured and, consequently, economists have different views about what is the best measure. Economists also offer differing explanations for the sources of income inequality and its ultimate consequences, leading to opposing policy implications. Finally, focusing on the United States adds yet another layer of complexity. America has unusually high income and unusually high income inequality."

Productivity and economic performance have generated many studies and considerable discussion in economic policy circles. Yet, theoretical and empirical studies focusing on production efficiency have typically ignored the time interdependence of production decisions and the adjustment firms make over time. This book provides a systematic treatment of dynamic decision making and performance measurement.

The current debate over the causes and possible cures for the persistent white advantage over African Americans in education and income needs a resource that provides both historical and current evidence. In this book, Peter Irons fills this need with the stories of African Americans who challenged their status in acts of resistance, from slavery and Jim Crow segregation to today's Black Lives Matter and other racial justice movements. Irons marshals a wide array of evidence to make a persuasive argument that systemic racism still permeates every major institution in American society.

'The Long Crisis' explores the origins and implications of one of the most significant developments across the globe over the last fifty years: the diminished faith in government as capable of solving public problems. Conventional accounts of the shift toward market and private sector governing solutions have focused on the rising influence of conservatives, libertarians, and the business sector. Bejamin Holtzman, however, locates the origins of this transformation in the efforts of city-dwellers to preserve liberal commitments of the postwar period.