abstract:Race and Economics is a book by Thomas Sowell that analyzes the relationship between race and wealth in the United States, specifically, that of blacks.
Whileeconomics did factor in - privately insured teens were more likely than other children to have wishes for the world - the researchersfoundnodifferences in wishesby age or raceandethnicity.
The results they are gathering will give them new insights into game theory, that little corner of mathematics where games andeconomics collide, and which can be found behind everything from corporate bargaining to the 1950s arms race.