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Bobbitt, The Rise Of The Market State, And Race, George A. Martinez
Bobbitt, The Rise Of The Market State, And Race, George A. Martinez
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
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Caught In The Trap: Pricing Racial Housing Preferences, A. Mechele Dickerson
Caught In The Trap: Pricing Racial Housing Preferences, A. Mechele Dickerson
Michigan Law Review
In The Two-Income Trap, Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Warren and business consultant Amelia Warren Tyagi reach a startling conclusion: a two-income middle-class family faces greater financial risks today than a one-income family faced three decades ago. Middle-class families are caught in an "income trap" because they budget based on two incomes and face financial ruin if they lose an income or incur unexpected expenses. The authors suggest that most middle-class families cannot quickly adjust their budgets because their largest monthly expense is the fixed mortgage payment. The parents maintained that they had to allocate a significant portion of …
The Cost Of Equality: Civil Rights During Periods Of Economic Stress, Harry T. Edwards
The Cost Of Equality: Civil Rights During Periods Of Economic Stress, Harry T. Edwards
Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)
Many minority workers, only recently hired under affirmative action programs, have been laid off during the present recession under "last hired, first fired " seniority systems. Thus it has been claimed that the gains in equal opportunity employment that have been made over the last ten years are in danger of being lost through layoffs in the recession of the '70's.