FOREWORD.

This document is a collection of summaries of various research papers published in the journal "Issues in Political Economy." The papers cover a range of topics including factors contributing to food insecurity in the United States, gender and racial wage gaps within different Christian religious groups, the impact of minimum wage on the gender wage gap, dynamics of secondary markets for IPOs, racial differences in occupational prestige after WW1 agricultural draft deferments, and the impact of minimum wage on employment numbers. The summaries provide a brief overview of each paper's findings and conclusions, offering valuable insights for library patrons conducting research on these specific topics. [Extracted from the article]