education and other ways of increasing their human capital, expanding their cognitive skills and leading them to still higher …

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 …

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. …

education and other ways of increasing their human capital, expanding their cognitive skills and leading them to still higher …

--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 …

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 …

played by differences in how certain services--particularly health care and education--are provided in Europe and the United …

economy of effort-and adopt economic habits-hard work, rationality, and education. The problem, Clark says, is that only …

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 …