Why Economic Analysis Can’t Ignore Racial Categories

What Donald Trump does well, Professor john a. powell explains, is link economic concerns with ontological and racial concerns among his voters. Many economists and social justice activists, by contrast, try to reduce racial concerns to economic and class concerns. His presentation demonstrates the centrality, conscious or unconscious, of belonging and ‘otherness’ in comprehending the structures of society.

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From the collections Economics Has A Race Problem, Race and Economics From INET, Economics' Race Problem: A Video Playlist, Economics of Race

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