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"Assessing multiple facets of the New York City economy in the years after 9/11, Resilient City discerns many hopeful signs among persistent troubles. Analysis by economist Sanders Korenman indicates that the value of New York-based companies did not fall relative to other firms, indicating that investors still believe that there are business advantages to operating in New York despite higher rates of terrorism insurance and concerns about future attacks. Cordelia W. Reimers separates the economic effects of 9/11 from the effects of the 2001 recession by comparing employment and wage trends for disadvantaged workers in New York with those in five major U.S. cities. She finds that New Yorkers fared at least as well as people in other cities, suggesting that the decline in earnings and employment for low-income New York workers in 2002 was due more to the recession than to the effects of 9/11. Still, troubles remain for New York City. Howard Chernick considers the substantial fiscal implications of the terrorist attacks on New York City, estimating that the attack cost the city about three billion dollars in the first two years alone; a sum that the city now must make up through large tax increases, spending cuts, and substantial additional borrowing, which will inevitably be a burden on future budgets." "The terrorist attacks of 9/11 dealt a severe blow to the economy of New York City, but it was far from a knock-out punch. Resilient City shows that New York's dynamic, flexible economy has absorbed the pain and hardships of the attacks, and provides a thorough, authoritative assessment of what, so far, has been a strong recovery for New York."--Jacket

Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction / Reynolds Farley -- Chapter 1. Growing Diversity and Inequality in the American Family / Sara McLanahan and Lynne Casper -- Chapter 2. The Older Population / Judith Treas and Ramon Torrecilha -- Chapter 3. Children and Youth: Living Arrangements and Welfare / Dennis P. Hogan and Daniel T. Lichter -- Chapter 4. Racial and Ethnic Diversity / Roderick J. Harrison and Claudette E. Bennett -- Chapter 5. The New Immigrants / Barry R. Chiswick and Teresa A. Sullivan -- Chapter 6. The New Geography of Population Shifts / William H. Frey

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Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Charles Frankel -- The Autonomy of the Social Sciences / Charles Frankel -- The Role of Values in Social Science Research / Nicholas Rescher -- The Reward System of the Social Sciences / Jonathan R. Cole and Stephen Cole -- The Ideal of Objectivity among American Social Scientists in the Era of Professionalization, 1876-1916 / Hugh Hawkins -- Max Weber and the Roots of Academic Freedom / Robert Nisbet -- Five Decades of Public Controversy Over Mental Testing / Lee J. Cronbach