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Summary One of the most high-profile ways Black people lose wealth is due to tangled titles. A “Tangled Title is a property title without a clear, legal document expressing future ownership when the title holder dies. The property becomes vulnerable to partial ownership claims. There is a second problem: deed theft. Exact estimates of Black … Read more
Businessweek Convenes: Black Leaders Face the DEI Backlash (Bloomberg) – Top Black business leaders feel powerless to stop backlash against diversity, equity and inclusion. Also on YouTube. Ursula Burns Ex-CEO of Xerox, Nicole Reboe, Rich Talent Group and Jacob Walthour, Jr., Blueprint Capital UN resolution urges reparations for slavery’s ‘historical wrongs’ – Ghana sponsored a … Read more
Apologies if this was posted before, but it is a topic we monitor frequently. One of our favorite development questions is why the Dominican Republic (DR) did so well when compared to Haiti. Ah, one of my favorite all-time developmental questions. Spent some time in Haiti and DR for extended periods. I had family member … Read more
Note: K=1000 March’s employment report shows a large bounce back in employment: The US economy created 178,000 new jobs in March. A return to the average ( 178K-133K last month=45K). Job growth has been paltry under President Trump. The trend continues. Other than that, there was no significant employment news in the jobs report. Healthcare … Read more
Businessweek Convenes: Black Leaders Face the DEI Backlash So, we listened to this discussion from some very high-powered business leaders, ex-CEOs, investment bankers, and skilled marketing professionals. All are on the board of directors for major corporations. Listening to the discussion. We were struck by how little actual power black business leaders have in these … Read more
Black Unemployment moved up to 7.7%, a 20% Increase Since February of Last Year BLS Unemployment Report The Bureau of Labor Statistics(BLS) jobs report was bad. Really bad. Meanwhile, the BLS said the job market only “edged down.” That is some spin. The BLS reported that businesses had a net loss of -92,000 jobs. It … Read more
Mackenzie Scott’s record donations to HBCUs highlight major choices for Black higher education. The historic underfunding of Black education remains an issue. Black Economics examines Mackenzie Scott’s donations and the impact on Black Higher Education. Introduction Mackenzie Scott donated close to $1 billion to HBCUs and related educational funds in 2025. She has also donated … Read more
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