D&S Real World Economics Books—Informative, Engaging, Critical
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Why do college students take economics? They may take economics to fulfill college requirements, because they think it may be the key to future riches, or for any number of other reasons. You know that the purpose of teaching economics is much larger, and the stakes are much higher—preparing students for informed and critical engagement with the burning issues of the day. And that's what Dollars & Sense Real World Economics books do. Here's what one college student was inspired to write to us:
Your analysis was incredibly helpful in understanding the recession and why recovery has been so lackluster. I simply wanted to express my gratitude for cutting through the smog of disinformation that our corporate media perpetuates and getting the facts out to people.
Unlevel Playing Fields (4th ed.) provides an accessible introduction to wage inequality and employment discrimination.
The authors contrast mainstream and heterodox theories of inequality, and offer
several bold policy proposals.
Real World Labor (2nd ed.) features the latest analysis by leading writers and scholars of labor and the labor movement—covering
changes in the conditions of work, labor-market discrimination, unions and new
forms of rank-and-file organizing, and much more.
Two invaluable books on work and labor markets
"Real World Labor provides students with invaluable historical background, up-to-the-minute analysis, and many compelling stories about both workers being exploited and workers fighting
back."
—THAD WILLIAMSON, University of Richmond
"Unlevel Playing Fields is
an excellent ... survey of the economic analysis of race and gender for students with a wide range of backgrounds in economics—including those with no exposure to economics at all."
—MARY KING, Portland State University
Praise for Dollars & Sense's Real World Economics books:
"Lead students to ask the type of questions they should be asking."
—DAVID COLANDER, Middlebury College
"Useful and accessible." —JAMES K. GALBRAITH, University of Texas
"A marvelous teaching tool." —TIM KOECHLIN, Vassar College
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