The Economic Case for LGBT Equality: Why Fair and Equal Treatment Benefits Us All

by M V Lee Badgett and M.V. Lee Badgett

Book Overview

An economist demonstrates how LGBT equality and inclusion within organizations increases their bottom line and allows for countries' economies to flourish

We know that homophobia harms LGBT individuals in many ways, but economist M. V. Lee Badgett argues that in addition to moral and human rights reasons for equality, we can now also make a financial argument. Finding that homophobia and transphobia cost 1% or more of a country's GDP,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807035602
• ISBN13: 9780807035603
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.6"