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Summary Blackeconomics.com estimates there are 75,000 Black Physicians in the United States in 2024. This is about 6.7% of the total physicians in the United States. As far as we know, this is the first data set of fully sourced, Black Physician employment data available to the public in one place. Our 2024 estimate comes … Read more
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Wouldn’t it be nice, as a Black economist, to have a model of the US Black economy? We could model many of the larger questions in Black economics. We could plug in important topics like AI, tariffs, tax legislation, or government subsidies and come out with the estimated impact on jobs, unemployment, healthcare, and income. … Read more
“Dear BlackEconomics.com, Please me out. I am interested in Black economics, but don’t know where to start. What should I read?” While we can give a general recommendation(see our list), we cannot tailor our answer to each person’s background, life experience, and education level. Here are our recommendations So, our list has filters by rating … Read more
Part 2 of our analysis of Black Physicians in the US What are the roots of the Black doctor shortage? There is a real shortage of Black doctors in the United States. The lack of Black doctors reduces Black health and life expectancy. Black people live longer when treated by Black physicians. The effect of … Read more
A good friend of ours always asks, “why do your articles always take so long?” The best answer we have is that we are trying to create something new. Something in between research and media journalism. We always try to deliver something that most people are not aware of, but is still important. And that … Read more
Summary It is hard to underestimate the impact of the Flexner Report (1910) and how it shaped the entire US healthcare system. We live with the results of the Flexner report every day. The report professionalized medical education, raised standards, and improved the quality of medical education. However, the report also closed many medical schools, … Read more
Black unemployment jumps to 7.5%, a 23% increase since last August. New Black workers increased by 260,000. Unemployment Report The BLS jobs report showed almost no new job growth (+22,000 new jobs) in August. Over the past three months, the economy added an average of 29,000 jobs. The numbers hint at a slowing US economy. … Read more
The shortage of Black physicians is one of the biggest on-going problems in the Black community. The lack of African American physicians affects Black life expectancy, patient health outcomes, and quality of life. It also affects African-American wealth, career opportunities, and education. In 1910 Flexner Report led to the closing of eight black medical schools … Read more
So, we have been thinking about this one for a while, and it has driven us crazy here at Blackeconomics.com. There is a need for a measure (and index) of the long-term, economic structural bias in society against Black people and Black economic achievement. The index could be used to discuss the long-term effects of … Read more