The Progressives: Economics, Science, and Race

New Rambler (2016)

5 Pages Posted: 1 Mar 2016

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Herbert Hovenkamp

University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School; University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

Date Written: February 28, 2016

Abstract

This essay is a brief review of Thomas C. Leonard, Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era (Princeton Univ. Press 2016).

Keywords: progressivism, economics, marginalism, race, eugenics

Suggested Citation

Hovenkamp, Herbert, The Progressives: Economics, Science, and Race (February 28, 2016). New Rambler (2016), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2739285

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