Everything in Black Economics
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
Or more than you ever wanted to know about Black Doctors in the US Introduction We want to explore the current state of Black physicians in the United States in 2025. We estimate there are apporximately 75,000 Black doctors in the US in 2024. (BlackEcononmics.com) Black doctors are vital to the Black community for four … Read more
Racial terrorism was common during the Jim Crow period after Reconstruction in the South. It was publicly displayed through lynching, even though the daily practice of racial domination, though violence was common from 1865 to 1960. There are varying reports of the total number of lynchings, but lynchings are the best representation of the racial … Read more
Summary Booker T Washington (BTW) was a speaker, writer, and educator in the early 20th century. He was widely considered the most prominent Black leader of his time. He met with presidents and industrialists. He believed in the uplift of Black people through self-improvement, education, and entrepreneurship. He built and led the Tuskegee Institute for … Read more
After 120 years, the biggest debate in Black Economics still rages on Introduction One of the longest-running debates in Black Economics is still active today: How should Black people navigate the economic system in the United States? What policies and strategies can best promote upward mobility and long-term stability for Black communities? How do we … Read more
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (he pronounced his last name as “Doo-boys”) was one of the greatest intellectuals of his time. He is known as an educator, pan-Africanist, editor, and early civil rights leader. He helped found the NAACP and edited its newspaper, the Crisis. He was born in 1868 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, in … 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