August 3, 2001
Economist Takes Aim at 'Myth of Gay Affluence'; Scholar's Memoir Calls Nation of Islam a Cult
HOMO ECONOMICUS: M. V. Lee Badgett is on the verge of a professional hat trick. In recent months, the economist has published her first book and received tenure, at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Now she's a candidate for Out magazine's "Out 100," an annual list of gay and bisexual worthies at the top of their professions.
The common thread: Ms. Badgett is one of very few authorities on gay people and economics. And her book, Money, Myths, and Change: The Economic Lives of
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