Racial inequality : A political-economic analysis / Michael Reich.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-339) and index.

List of tables -- List of figures -- Preface -- One: Introduction -- Two: The persistence of racial economic inequality in the United States -- Three: Racial inequality and neoclassical economics -- Four: Who benefits from racism? An econometric test of neoclassical discrimination theories -- Appendix to chapter four -- Five: Economic theory and class conflict -- Appendix to chapter five -- Six: Racism and class conflict, 1865 to 1975 -- Seven: White workers are hurt by racism: Econometric evidence -- Eight: Conclusions and implications -- Bibliography -- Index.

"What interest do different groups of whites have in the perpetuation of racism against blacks in the United States? This straightforward question, which should be distinguished at the outset from the questions of the role various groups of whites have actually played in racism, provides the starting point for the research reported in this book. Although the distribution of benefits from racism has been much discussed, it rarely has been studied systematically in an empirical fashion. This study seeks to fill that vacuum." -- From the preface.