The Economics of Discrimination (WaPo)

[Catchawave]

The Economics of Discrimination
Sunday, July 9, 2006; Page B08

Discrimination and economic development just don't mix. For proof, look at the Jim Crow South, where economic growth lagged the rest of the nation from the end of World War II until the mid-1960s. Racism undermined prosperity. Then, as segregation waned, economic growth accelerated.

In November, Virginians will have the chance to self-inflict a fresh discriminatory wound on their economy. The Marshall-Newman amendment, the so-called "marriage amendment," seeks to amend Virginia's Constitution to ban gay marriage and to impose other legal limitations on unmarried couples, including heterosexual couples. The amendment is not only useless -- gay marriage has been outlawed in Virginia for 30 years -- but it is downright harmful to the state's economy in two important ways.

more...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/07/AR2006070701105.html

[pooja]

1. You should have listed the reasons... it is a good article.

Sometimes when you choose to discriminate, you keep people and minds and development out. I guess with Virginia being so close to DC, I would never think that something like this would pass.. but i guess that south thing factors in too.