Everything in Black Economics
Newspapers Only 19% of students at Howard University are Black Men At Black Colleges, a Stubborn Gender Enrollment Gap Keeps Growing. Only 19 percent of students at Howard University are Black men, whose enrollment levels at four-year colleges have plummeted (NY Times). It may be worse, if you exclude foreign born Black men. New Books … Read more
Morehouse College graduate here and I’m heading back for my 40th reunion. I’ve been reflecting on the lessons that helped many of us who graduated in 1986 succeed. Only about 50% of each entering class finishes college within six years. Here’s what worked for us: What Morehouse could do better: I also remember students who … Read more
President Trump’s huge blunder on tariffs gives us an opportunity to discuss the larger economic issues involved. How do we create good paying jobs in the United States? Or even bigger, how do we offer opportunity to people? Last time we checked, Truck driving was the best job for Black people without a high school … Read more
With all the news about tariffs, we want to set the stage with some basic information about tariffs A tariff is a fee imposed on imported goods or services by a government. A tariffs can be a flat amount on each good or a percentage added to the total cost of an imported good. They … Read more