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  • Calculating Race

    Racial Discrimination in Risk Assessment

    In Calculating Race, Benjamin Wiggins analyzes the historical relationship between statistical risk assessment and race in the United States. He illustrates how, through a reliance on the variable of race, actuarial science transformed the nature of racism and helped usher racial disparities in wealth, incarceration, and housing from the nineteenth century into the twentieth. Wiggins begins by ... Leer más

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    Calculating Race

    Racial Discrimination in Risk Assessment

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    In Calculating Race, Benjamin Wiggins analyzes the historical relationship between statistical risk assessment and race in the United States. He illustrates how actuarial science transformed the nature of racism and helped usher racial disparities in wealth, incarceration, and housing from the nineteenth century into the twentieth.Wiggins begins by tracing how the life insurance industry utilized ... Leer más

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  • An Analysis of Charles P. Kindleberger's Manias, Panics, and Crashes

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  • Contract Law

    Rules, Theory, and Context

    de Brian H. Bix ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Law
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  • Freaks of Fortune

    The Emerging World of Capitalism and Risk in America

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    Until the nineteenth century, “risk” was a specialized term: it was the commodity exchanged in a marine insurance contract. Freaks of Fortune tells how the modern concept of risk emerged in the United States. Born on the high seas, risk migrated inland and became essential to the financial management of an inherently uncertain capitalist future. ... Leer más

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    American Growth and Inequality since 1700

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    "Brilliant. . . . A masterpiece in quantitative and qualitative economic research destined to become a classic in its field." ― Library JournalUnequal Gains offers a radically new understanding of the economic evolution of the United States. While other economic historians base their accounts on American wealth, Peter Lindert and Jeffrey Williamson focus instead on income—and the result is a bold ... Leer más

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