Race and Economics From INET
A collection of INET’s research and articles on race and the US economy, reposted in connection with recent protests against police brutality in Black communities.
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How Greedy Corporations Turn the Black American Dream into a Nightmare
The plight of white blue-collar workers is well-known, but Blacks in that category were feeling the squeeze long before their white counterparts.
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The Economic Legacy of Racism
If additional education is not the solution to racial inequality, what is?
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Inclusive American Economic History
Containing Slaves, Freedmen, Jim Crow laws and the Great Migration
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The American Dual Economy: Race, Globalization and the Politics of Exclusion
The United States economy has come apart, with the rich getting richer and workers’ incomes not advancing at all.
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America is Regressing into a Developing Nation for Most People
A new book by economist Peter Temin finds that the U.S. is no longer one country, but dividing into two separate economic and political worlds
Visions Beyond the Haunted House
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How Race and Gender Reinforce Economic Inequality
Prof. Marlene Kim says her research has revealed that African-American women face triple penalties from race and gender bias, and the combination of those two
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The Cross and the Lynching Tree (James Hal Cone and Bill Moyers)
Bill discusses symbolism of the cross and lynching tree with theologian James Cone.
A Moral Challenge to Economists
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Samuel Bowles Remembers Martin Luther King
The economist reflects back on the racial justice leader who showed him the limits of his academic training.
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What Happens When America’s Kids Confront Extreme Inequality?
A new film shows what economic apartheid looks like through the eyes of schoolchildren.
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Race May be Pseudo-Science, But Economists Ignore it at their Peril
Presented by Professor Dan O’Flaherty at the Institute’s conference on the economics of race in Detroit on 11 November, 2016