Brendan O’Flaherty brings the tools of economic analysis—incentives, equilibrium, optimization—to bear on racial issues. From health care, housing, and ed

In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally good-or equally poor-health. There is wide variation, but on avera

In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differenc

As the population of older Americans grows, it is becoming more racially and ethnically diverse. Differences in health by racial and ethnic status could be incr

Why and how has race become a central aspect of politics during this century? This book addresses this pressing question by comparing South African apartheid an