A thought on the appropriation of black wealth
Bell, Vanderbilt, Edison, Walton, all started empires.
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War as economic stimulus: Who wins?
Every hour, taxpayers in the United States are paying $32.08 million for the total cost of wars since 2001.
MoreSlavery and Capitalism: A Story of Co-dependence
Without the labor of blacks in America, the cultural and economic history of this nation would be vastly different. Edward E. Baptist, professor of history at Cornell University, relates in sharp relief the history, context and continuing impact of slavery and its powerful impact on U.S. economic, social and political life in his book, The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism.
MoreIt is still Domestic Social Policy, Stupid!
On April 10 @WashingtonMonthly published a blog post by @JoelBerg titled, “It’s Policy, Stupid.” This motivated me to search my past blog posts to find, edit and repost this one that I originally posted in 2014 as “It’s Domestic Social Policy, Stupid!”. Sadly, everything and nothing has changed. Where is the domestic social policy that once […]
MoreIt’s Domestic Social Policy, Stupid: In Honor of Michael Brown
I attended an event yesterday. The opening speaker began his remarks with this statement; “Michael Brown’s shadow is in this room.” It was a conference on fair housing and community development. After all of the panels and speakers–all excellent and informative–I left the event believing that we must do more than talk. This morning, I […]
MoreThe New Community Development Movement: Economics and Disparity
The term “community development” became ghettoized and synonymous with low-income housing development for those disenfranchised by the mainstream economy and civic infrastructure. The class-based exit from older communities resulted in re-segregation and isolation both urban and rural. Communities are complex systems but recent practice has effectively relegated them to the raw materials of opportunistic housing […]
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