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The State Has Failed to Protect Black Wealth in Tulsa and Across America
Economist Darrick Hamilton, co-author of a new report on wealth across racial and ethnic groups in Tulsa, Oklahoma, explores the legacy of the Tulsa Race Massacre with the Institute for New Economic Thinking’s Lynn Parramore.
How COVID-19 Is Impacting Rural Africans in the Sahel
An interview with young migrants living in Mali’s capital city of Bamako

Carbon Pricing Isn’t Effective at Reducing CO2 Emissions
And electric vehicles don’t do a lot better
« La jeunesse africaine n’a pas assez de visibilité sur son avenir »
Un entretien avec Bara Guèye

Lessons from the First New Deal for the Next One
Whether it is called “Build Back Better” or a “Green Industrial Policy” or, indeed, a Green New Deal, it is imperative to reject the false dichotomy of “jobs against climate.”

Meet the "New Koch Brothers" – the Hedge Fund Activists Wrecking America’s Green New Deal
Wealthy predators are playing stock market games with companies needed to develop and produce clean technology

Missing Voters and Missing Unemployed Black Workers
Like Republicans with political polls, unemployed Black workers are underrepresented in federal employment data because of non-response.

George Soros and Rob Johnson Endorse an Appeal to the EU: Build a Green, Fully Employed, Resilient Economy
Revival of failed austerity policies of the past is simply not an option

CBO Not Competent to Assess Economics of Minimum Wage
James K. Galbraith slams “unreliable” report claiming that raising the minimum wage would reduce jobs
The Future of Macroeconomics

The American Rescue Act: Do Whatever It Takes
The economy is likely to be crippled for months and fiscal rescue on a large scale, once again, is very much necessary.