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  • Competition in the Promised Land

    Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets

    by Leah Platt Boustan ...
    Series series National Bureau of Economic Research Publications
    From 1940 to 1970, nearly four million black migrants left the American rural South to settle in the industrial cities of the North and West. Competition in the Promised Land provides a comprehensive account of the long-lasting effects of the influx of black workers on labor markets and urban space in receiving areas.Traditionally, the Great Black Migration has been lauded as a path to general ... Read more

    Was $32.39 USD Now $23.09 USD

  • Streets of Gold

    America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success

    by Ran Abramitzky, Leah Boustan ...
    Forbes, Best Business Books of 2022Behavioral Scientist, Notable Books of 2022The facts, not the fiction, of America’s immigration experienceImmigration is one of the most fraught, and possibly most misunderstood, topics in American social discourse—yet, in most cases, the things we believe about immigration are based largely on myth, not facts. Using the tools of modern data analysis and ten ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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    Streets of Gold

    America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success

    by Ran Abramitzky, Leah Boustan ...
    Narrated by Rachel Botchan ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 34 min

    Immigration is a fraught and misunderstood topic in America’s social discourse, with much of what we believe based largely on myth. Ran Abramitzky and Leah Boustan have spent the last decade searching for the facts. Their pioneeringresearch digs deep into the data on immigration, linking the experiences of immigrants from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to those of immigrants today. ... Read more

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  • Human Capital in History

    The American Record

    Edited by Leah Platt Boustan, Carola Frydman, Robert A. Margo ...
    Series series National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report
    America’s expansion to one of the richest nations in the world was partly due to a steady increase in labor productivity, which in turn depends upon the invention and deployment of new technologies and on investments in both human and physical capital. The accumulation of human capital—the knowledge and skill of workers—has featured prominently in American economic leadership over the past two ... Read more

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  • The Economic History of American Inequality

    New Evidence and Perspectives

    Edited by Martha J. Bailey, Leah Platt Boustan, William J. Collins ...
    A meticulous examination of the history and roots of economic inequality within the United States.This volume refines and extends the economic history literature on economic inequality in the United States. Economic inequality manifests itself on various dimensions, including access to resources and economic security, as well as access to education and opportunities for migration, marriage, and ... Read more

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  • Unequal Gains

    American Growth and Inequality since 1700

    by Peter H. Lindert, Jeffrey G. Williamson ...
    Series series The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
    A book that rewrites the history of American prosperity and inequalityUnequal Gains offers a radically new understanding of the economic evolution of the United States, providing a complete picture of the uneven progress of America from colonial times to today.While other economic historians base their accounts on American wealth, Peter Lindert and Jeffrey Williamson focus instead on income—and ... Read more

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  • Profit Over People

    Neoliberalism and Global Order

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  • Modern Monetary Theory and the Recovery

    by Brian Romanchuk ...
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  • The People vs. Democracy

    Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It

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  • Valuing Life

    Humanizing the Regulatory State

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    America and the World in the Free Market Era

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