Political Education for a Fairer Economy

Abstract

The economy isn’t doing it—that is, raising wages sufficiently for all. Political action is needed, argues the author. But the public just may not know enough about how to do it. Political education is in order.

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Herbert J. Gans

Herbert J. Gans is the Robert S. Lynd Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Columbia University. His new book, Sociology and Social Policy (Columbia University Press), reprints several essays first published in Challenge during the past decade.