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Must Read: Darrick Hamilton on Economists’ Moral Burden
Institute for Policy Studies, Friday, April 28, 2017Economists need to stop pretending what they do rates as a neutral science and start recognizing the moral imperative for economic justice. The massive racial inequalities that exist in the United States, they also need to recognize, reflect systemic problems that demand systemic solutions, not... Read More »
Watch the 2017 Future of Wealth Summit Live Here
Center for Global Policy Solutions, Thursday, April 27, 2017Watch the 2017 Future of Wealth Summit Live here. The 2017 Future of Wealth Summit schedule of events can be accessed here. Organized by the Center for Global Policy Solutions, this three-day summit will address pathways to greater economic opportunity through the lens of “Technology,... Read More »
Duke Junior Ashlyn Nuckols Named 2017 Beinecke Scholar
Duke Today, Wednesday, April 26, 2017Duke University junior Ashlyn Nuckols is among 20 students nationwide selected as 2017 Beinecke Scholars. The Beinecke Scholarship supports students of exceptional promise as they attend the graduate school of their choice. Beinecke recipients receive $4,000 in their senior year of undergraduate... Read More »
C-SPAN Coverage of Reflections on Inequality Conference: Slavery, Indentured Servitude, and Race
C-SPAN, Friday, April 21, 2017Professor Gunther Peck, Associate Professor of History and Public Policy Studies at Duke University, talked about the complex history of slavery, indentured servitude, and the concept of race during his keynote address entitled: "Race Traffic: Historicizing the Origins of White Racial Victimhood."... Read More »
A Better Understanding of Wealth Inequality in the United States
Global Policy TV, Friday, April 21, 2017Dr. Darity will receive an award for his work at the 2017 Future of Wealth Summit. It is vital in improving our understanding of wealth inequality in the United States — both racial and overall wealth inequality — that we recognize (by measuring the direct effect of inheritances and gifts... Read More »
Study: It’s Racist to Teach Students Financial Literacy
Independent Women’s Forum, Thursday, April 20, 2017The paper, written by Duke’s William A. Darity and the New School’s Darrick Hamilton, argues that financial-literacy courses presume that the problem is simply that students of color lack of financial responsibility or financial knowledge. “The problem with this language is the implicit notion... Read More »
Does Financial Literacy Betray Racial Bias?
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Thursday, April 20, 2017"The problem with this language is the implicit notion that the racial wealth gap is a matter of financial literacy, choice, and agency, as opposed to inheritance and structure," write Darrick Hamilton, an associate professor of economics and urban policy at the New School, and William A. Darity Jr... Read More »
2017 Future of Wealth Summit Starts Wednesday
Times Union, Thursday, April 20, 2017“The 2017 Future of Wealth Summit: Technology, Inclusion and Social Change” will be hosted by the Center for Global Policy Solutions on April 26-28, 2017. Nearly three dozen diverse experts will discuss how technology can foster convenient access to critical information and services without... Read More »
Small farms, smaller plots: land size, fragmentation, and productivity in Ethiopia
The Journal of Peasant Studies, Wednesday, April 19, 2017A new article published today in the Journal of Peasant Studies by Mark Paul, a postdoctoral associate at the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity, and Mwangi wa Gĩthĩnji entitled "Small farms, smaller plots: land size, fragmentation, and productivity in Ethiopia" explores the relationship... Read More »
Shut Up About Financial Literacy
Medium, Tuesday, April 18, 2017Economists Darrick Hamilton and William Darrity, Jr. offer a beautiful illustration of this challenge in a new paper on education, financial literacy, and the racial wealth gap. Much like explanations for racial and class disparities in higher education, popular explanations for racial disparities... Read More »