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Women's Figures
The myth that women make 78 cents on a man's dollar is a standard refrain in popular media and serves as a rationale for affirmative action for women. Unstated is that for women …
Impact of Labor Taxes on Labor Supply
As the Bush-era tax cuts are set to expire in 2010, ambitious health care legislation is moving through Congress, and entitlement programs are growing at unsustainable rates, U.S. …
Declining Importance of Race and Gender in the Labor Market
The Declining Importance of Race and Gender in the Labor Market provides historical background on employment discrimination and wage discrepancies in the United States and on …
Policy and Economic Performance in Divided Korea during the Cold War Era: 1945-91
The Korean peninsula during the Cold War provided a cruel but historically unparalleled real-world "e;experiment"e; in the relationship between polity and material advance: …
Iran Unveiled
In Iran Unveiled, Middle East expert Ali Alfoneh describes the coming revolt of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), and the implications this would have on regional and …
Bad History, Worse Policy
This timely study focuses on how the government-constructed narratives surrounding the collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the 2008 financial crisis shaped the policymaking …
Using Marginal Damages in Environmental Policy
This technical volume makes the case that air pollution policy in the United States can be improved through consideration of both the marginal abatement costs facing regulated …
Politically Correct University
The Politically Correct University shows how the universities' quest for 'diversity' has produced in too many departments a stifling uniformity of thought. Required reading for …
Character and Cops
Since the first edition was published in 1989, Character and Cops has been considered the bible of police ethics training. The book is a comprehensive guide to the ethical …
Rebuilding the Ark
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) may be the most powerful environmental law in the United States. Enacted in 1973, the ESA prohibits any actions that may cause harm to endangered …
Seven Pillars
For decades, US foreign policy in the Middle East has been on autopilot: Seek Arab-Israeli peace, fight terrorism, and urge regimes to respect human rights. Every US administration …
American Politics, Then & Now
James Q. Wilson is one of America's preeminent public policy scholars. For decades, he has analyzed the changing political and cultural landscape with clarity and honesty, bringing …