Race and Economics From INET
A collection of INET’s research and articles on race and the US economy, reposted in connection with recent protests against police brutality in Black communities.
There Can Be No Equality Without a Dramatic Renewal of Employment Opportunity for All American Workers
To fulfill MLK’s vision of jobs and freedom for Black Americans, Washington must rein in corporate greed
The Bonds of Inequality
Ashley Monet & Brandon Dixon
Ashley Monet & Brandon Dixon: Artistic Healing and the Future of Detroit
Lynn Parramore & Jeffrey Spear
Lynn Parramore & Jeffrey Spear: On George Floyd and John Ruskin
Elaine Brown, Pt. 2
In the second of a two-part interview, Rob Johnson talks to author, activist, and former Black Panther Party chairwoman Elaine Brown about her music, her housing work and entrepreneurship in Oakland, CA, and the political moment.
William Spriggs: How Economic Theory and Policy Reinforce Racism
William Spriggs, the AFL-CIO’s chief economist, talks about the inadequacies of the pandemic economic rescue package and how mainstream economic theory continues to fail everyone, but especially Blacks