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Theories abound, but answers remain elusive. Perhaps the most promising approach grows out of the work of Black Sociologist William Julius Wilson of the University of Chicago, who popularized the concept of the underclass in his 1978 book The Declining Significance of Race. Wilson and his philosophical allies reject the...
The overall winners and losers from deregulation form a mixed gallery, but a few generalizations can be drawn. By and large, consumers who make enough money to take advantage of lowered prices in sufficient quantity, and those canny enough to understand the widening array of choices, will reap the most...
The other major factor Wilson cites is the widening class division between blacks who have escaped the ghetto and those who have not. In what may be the book's most contentious section, he argues that the easing of discrimination against middle-class blacks has contributed indirectly to the desperate...
Lenders laid the blame for the increase on the bond market, where interest rates have risen sharply in recent weeks in reaction to the widening U.S. trade deficit and the falling value of the dollar. Home loans are now more sensitive to volatility in such markets because of a trend...
Wedtech' s widening web of corruption is an urban morality tale. -- The Government tries to block an outing by John Hinckley.