Steven Rhoads taught public policy in the politics department at the University of Virginia for over thirty years. He is the author of Taking Sex Differences Seriously¸ The Economist’s View of the World, and Incomparable Worth: Pay Equity Meets the Market. He received his A.B. degree cum laude from Princeton University in 1961. He received a Ph.D. from Cornell with a concentration in American government and political theory in 1972. He is the recipient of Bradley, Earhart, Olin, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Sloan Foundation fellowships. His essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Public Interest, and The Los Angeles Times, among other outlets.