Everything in Black Economics
So we have a new winner in the Best Black economics book contest and it’s not a book. It is a wide ranging study of the Black economic condition with solid recommendation is a large number of areas. The report is long, 624-pages, and comprehensive. It is meant to be sampled and read in chunks. … Read more
Everywhere we see a discussion of affordability. Homes are at record prices. Rents continue to rise. Grocery prices are high. And gas peaked at $4.50 a gallon. The affordably crisis is a result of worker incomes not keeping up with prices. There would be no affordability issues if wages and worker incomes had kept up … 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
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 help 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 … 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
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