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| Discrimination: Discrimination is the unfair or prejudicial treatment of people and groups based on characteristics such as race, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, or disability. See also Racism._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Economic Theories on Discrimination - Dictionary of Arguments
Henderson I 35 Discrimination/profit/Economic theories/Henderson/Globerman: In our transactions for goods, people gain by ignoring characteristics of those they deal with in order to make money. Many intellectuals and many members of the public dismiss or even attack the profit motive. But the profit motive is a strong incentive for people to treat others well, whatever their skin color, ideology, or preferences about baseball teams. >Discrimination/Alchian, >Discrimination/Becker, >Racism/Alchian, >Rent control/Alchian/Demsetz, >Racism, >Apartheid. Henderson I 37 Capitalism and discrimination: Contrary to some contemporary claims that "capitalism" fosters discrimination against women and minority groups, work done by the UCLA School shows just the opposite. Namely, laws and regulations constraining the legal ability of owners of property to use their property to maximize profits, along With government-imposed barriers to competition, promote discrimination by reducing or sometimes eliminating the powerful role that competitive free markets can play in penalizing discrimination. >Free market._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Economic Theories Henderson I David R. Henderson Steven Globerman The Essential UCLA School of Economics Vancouver: Fraser Institute. 2019 |
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