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education and other ways of increasing their human capital, expanding their cognitive skills and leading them to still higher …
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Two of the most visible and important trends in higher education today are its exploding costs and the rapid expansion … affordability? In this short and incisive book, William G. Bowen, one of the foremost experts on the intersection of education and … books on education, including the acclaimed bestseller The Shape of the River, Bowen speaks with unique expertise on the …
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How can we ensure high-quality public services such as health care and education? Governments spend huge amounts of … public money on public services such as health, education, and social care, and yet the services that are actually delivered … care and education. It concludes with a discussion of the politics of choice. …
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education and other ways of increasing their human capital, expanding their cognitive skills and leading them to still higher …
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--and a glimpse at its likely future. And by comparing economics education today to the findings of the original book, the new … reexamination of graduate education by the profession, and has been essential reading for prospective graduate students. Like its … graduate economics education is really like. The book concludes with reflections by Colander, Klamer, and Robert Solow. This …
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politicians and scholars have argued that poverty and lack of education breed terrorism, despite the wealth of evidence showing … range of tough issues, from the minimum wage and education to the occurrence of hate crimes. In this book, he explains why …
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Is the United States "the land of equal opportunity" or is the playing field tilted in favor of those whose parents are wealthy, well educated, and white? If family background is important in getting ahead, why? And if the processes that transmit economic status from parent to child are unfair,...
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played by differences in how certain services--particularly health care and education--are provided in Europe and the United …
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economy of effort-and adopt economic habits-hard work, rationality, and education. The problem, Clark says, is that only …
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growth and poverty, and the effects of labor markets, education, family composition, and concentrated poverty. The book then … evaluates the evidence on racial discrimination in areas such as education, employment, and criminal justice, as well as sex …
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