Joshua Weitz is a research associate at the Academic-Industry Research Network
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Employment Mobility and the Belated Emergence of the Black Middle Class
“Build back” means restoring the government and business investments in the productive capabilities of the U.S. labor force that created a growing middle class in the three decades after World War II
There Can Be No Equality Without a Dramatic Renewal of Employment Opportunity for All American Workers
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To fulfill MLK’s vision of jobs and freedom for Black Americans, Washington must rein in corporate greed
Employment and Earnings of African Americans Fifty Years After: Progress?
To fulfill MLK’s vision of jobs and freedom for Black Americans, Washington must rein in corporate greed
How the Disappearance of Unionized Jobs Obliterated an Emergent Black Middle Class
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Since the 1980s, the enemy of equal employment opportunity through upward socioeconomic mobility has been the pervasive and entrenched corporate-governance ideology and practice of maximizing shareholder value.