Tag: racial inequality
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Federal Reserve Mandate: Down Payment to Ending Racial Inequality
By William M. Rodgers III Professor of Public Policy and Chief Economist, Rutgers University The job of slicing up the economic pie in the U.S. has traditionally fallen to Congress, with the Federal Reserve tasked with making sure there is enough to go around. But this could soon change. Under proposals put forward by Democrats in ... -
Separate and Unequal: Racial Inequality and COVID-19
by De’Zhon Grace, Carolyn Johnson, & Treva Reid A Viral Pandemic Meets America’s Pandemic of Inequality Earlier this month both the New York Times and ProPublica wrote about the impact of COVID-19, reporting that in states where Black communities make up only a relatively small portion of the population, nearly half — if not majority — of all COVID-19 ...