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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
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
Since Kamala Harris’s narrow defeat in the presidential election, we have been looking at real measures of economic insecurity and prosperity. Voters consistently rank the economy as their top concern, yet traditional economic indicators often fail to capture the full picture. From time to time here at BlackEconomics.com and our sister blog BlackEconBiz.com, we regularly … Read more
Many Americans think their economic future looks bad. But what does that actually mean? And how can we measure that? What are the best indicators for a quick understanding of the struggles of the American worker? One of our recurring themes is that broad economic measures, like GDP or unemployment, do not give a true … Read more