Books by Ellen Frankel Paul

Comparable worth-the idea that women ought to be paid the same wages as men performing comparable although not the same jobs-has generated a firestorm of controversy. This analysis of the comparable worth debate takes up its pros and cons in an extraordinarily disciplined and fair-minded manner.

Arguing that private property is a fundamental liberty whose protection deserves the highest priority, the author challenges one of the dominant trends of the past half century: the erosion of property rights via zoning and land use restrictions, carried on by government exercising its 'police power' or promoting 'the public interest'.