Bowles, Samuel

Schooling in capitalist America : educational reform and the contradictions of economic life by Samuel Bowles( Book )
18 editions published between 1976 and 2011 in English and held by 1,418 libraries worldwide
""This seminal work . . . establishes a persuasive new paradigm. Contemporary Sociology. No book since Schooling in Capitalist America has taken on the systemic forces hard at work undermining our education system. This classic reprint is an invaluable resource for radical educators. Samuel Bowles is research professor and director of the behavioral sciences program at the Santa Fe Institute, and professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts. Herbert Gintis is an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute and emeritus professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts"-- Provided by publisher.

Beyond the waste land : a democratic alternative to economic decline by Samuel Bowles( Book )
11 editions published between 1982 and 1985 in English and held by 1,017 libraries worldwide

Democracy and capitalism : property, community, and the contradictions of modern social thought by Samuel Bowles( Book )
19 editions published between 1984 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 989 libraries worldwide

After the waste land : a democratic economics for the year 2000 by Samuel Bowles( Book )
8 editions published between 1990 and 1991 in English and held by 821 libraries worldwide

Unconventional wisdom : essays on economics in honor of John Kenneth Galbraith( Book )
5 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 729 libraries worldwide

Unequal chances : family background and economic success( Book )
9 editions published between 2005 and 2008 in English and held by 720 libraries worldwide
Is the United States "the land of equal opportunity" or is the playing field tilted in favor of those whose parents are wealthy, well educated, and white? If family background is important in getting ahead, why? And if the processes that transmit economic status from parent to child are unfair, could public policy address the problem? [This book] provides new answers to these questions by leading economists, sociologists, biologists, behavioral geneticists, and philosophers. New estimates show that intergenerational inequality in the United States is far greater than was previously thought. Moreover, while the inheritance of wealth and the better schooling typically enjoyed by the children of the well-to-do contribute to this process, these two standard explanations fail to explain the extent of intergenerational status transmission. The genetic inheritance of IQ is even less important. Instead, parent-offspring similarities in personality and behavior may play an important role. Race contributes to the process, and the intergenerational mobility patterns of African Americans and European Americans differ substantially. Following the editors' introduction are chapters by Greg Duncan, Ariel Kalil, Susan E. Mayer, Monique R. Payne, and Robin Tepper Bhashkar Mazumder David J. Harding, Christopher Jencks, Leonard M. Lopoo, and Susan E. Mayer Anders Bjorklund, Markus Ja;ntti, and Gary Solon Tom Hertz John Loehlin Melissa Osborne-Groves Marcus W. Feldman, Xiaoyi Jin, Nan Li, Shuzhuo Li, Shripad Tuljapurkar and Adam Swift. -Dust jacket.

Meritocracy and economic inequality( Book )
5 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 676 libraries worldwide

Poverty traps( Book )
7 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 659 libraries worldwide
Much popular belief, and public policy, rests on the idea that those born into poverty have it in their powers to escape. But the persistence of poverty and ever-growing economic inequality around the world has led to many economists to seriously question the model of individual economic self-determination when it comes to the poor. In this book, the contributors argue that there are many conditions that may trap individuals, groups, and whole economies in intractable poverty. For the first time the editors have brought together the perspectives of economies, economic history, and sociology to assess what we know, and don't know, about such traps.

Studies in development planning by Hollis Burnley Chenery( Book )
2 editions published in 1971 in English and held by 646 libraries worldwide

Planning educational systems for economic growth by Samuel Bowles( Book )
10 editions published between 1969 and 1971 in English and held by 629 libraries worldwide