ABSTRACT
Imagine that you are at a party, replete with smart people of various political persuasions, and the topic of comparable worth comes up. In this chapter, I use the points one might hear in such a conversation as a rhetorical device to explore policy debates over comparable worth. In using this device, I will selectively summarize ideas from earlier chapters that inform debates about whether comparable worth is a sensible concept—whether it identifies a consequential form of discrimination to which public policy should be directed.
