Economist James K. Boyce explains how to fight climate change and rising income inequality in one shot. (Institute for New Economic Thinking, 7/30/19)
Day: August 14, 2019
Dania Francis, economics and Afro-American studies, was part of a research team studying the financial loss resulting from the dispossession of black-owned agricultural land in the South. The team estimates the loss, including property and income, at between $3.7 and $6.6 billion in today’s dollars. (The Atlantic, 9/13/19)
A columnist quotes David Kotz, professor emeritus of economics, who says the current trade war started by Pres. Donald Trump has destabilized the U.S. economy and led to a 5.5 percent drop in gross private domestic investment. (Common Dreams, 8/13/19)