Kate Brown Chapter 5 Question 6

The passage/concept that I found the most interesting was the idea of economic decisions causing social issues. The fact that a man is more likely to get a job than a woman of equal qualifications not based on sexist standards but rather based on economic efficiancy is very interesting. The same goes for race. Based on statistics it makes more sense for a company to hire a white person rather than a black person. This passage frustrated me because although it made sense it seems that there must be solution to this problem. Even though these are economically rational decisions, they are condoning social issues that are negatively affecting society. Lack of information although sometimes a good thing is causing major rifts in social groups today.