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.
The California Reparations Report (State of California Department of Justice), AA. (624 pages)– Monumental. Through. Completely sourced. All of the best scholars in Black economics are referenced. Everything you want to know about Black economics in one place.
How to read the study if you are interested in Black Economics: Read the introduction, the conclusion and the calculation of reparations. Next read the chapter called “Chapter 10: Stolen Labor and Hindered Opportunity”, and Chapter 27: Policy Recommendations. Both chapters are key to understand Black Economics.
Another important chapter to read is “Chapter 26: Control Over Creative, Cultural, & Intellectual Life”
Finally, read Chapter 18: Policy recommendations
For extra credit, click on the footnote for your favorite passage and read the papers referenced in the footnotes. Tons of surprising insights.