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Race, Class and Identity Politics

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Oleg Komlik

by Kaveh Yazdani* Of late, numerous liberal, right-wing and even some leftist journalists, academics and politicians have readily embraced the prism of “leftist identity politics”. More often than not, they have done so under the cloak of liberal universalism by … Continue reading →

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Identity Economics: Economists discover norms and social values

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Oleg Komlik

George Akerlof and Rachel Kranton’s Identity Economics: How Our Identities Shape Our Work, Wages, and Well-Being provides an important and compelling way to understand human behavior, revealing how our identities–and not just economic incentives–influence our decisions. In 1995, economist Rachel Kranton … Continue reading →