Economics of Race

Investigating race as a driver of economic destiny.

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What the ‘Dual Economy’ Model Reveals About Today’s America

Jan 30, 2017

Professor Temin sees the US economy as bifurcated along lines analogous to the situation described in developing world economies by W. Arthur Lewis.

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Exploring the Economics of Race

Nov 30, 2016

Columbia professor Dan O’Flaherty explains how an awareness of racial trauma developed from growing up in Newark inspired him to write and teach on the economics of race.

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Why is Economics Still Largely a White Male Preserve?

Nov 17, 2016

How economics underperforms in diversity, and some potential remedies