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.
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.
The Economic Legacy of Racism
If additional education is not the solution to racial inequality, what is?
Inclusive American Economic History
Containing Slaves, Freedmen, Jim Crow laws and the Great Migration
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.
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
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
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
Samuel Bowles Remembers Martin Luther King
The economist reflects back on the racial justice leader who showed him the limits of his academic training.
What Happens When America’s Kids Confront Extreme Inequality?
A new film shows what economic apartheid looks like through the eyes of schoolchildren.
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