Category: Economics
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The Financial Flipside Podcast, Episode 25: Repairing the Breach, or The One About Reparations
NB: We had some mic issues in this episode, so the sound may be a bit metallic-sounding in places. We hope that you’ll still join us for what we believe is an interesting, lively discussion. -L How does one right a wrong, when that wrong forms a crucial part of who you…
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The Financial Flipside Podcast, Episode 23: Peaks and Valleys or, When Is a Recession Not a Recession?
Most of the economic news these days is not great: high unemployment, a drop in GDP that brought the US economy’s longest period of expansion to a screeching halt, and of course, the neverending ups and downs of the stock market. Though media sources have already started reporting on “the coronavirus recession” and we’re…
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The Financial Flipside Podcast, Episode 21: Stick To Sports
Today we’re giving you a peek behind the scenes with an episode about one of our favorite pre-show topics: college sports [note: we’re both dyed-in-the-wool Duke fans. What can we say? The idea of your college as “the mother of your soul” definitely holds for us when it comes to sports loyalties]. This…
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The Financial Flipside Podcast, Episode 20: Black Capitalism or, I’m a Business, Man
“Gentrify your own ‘hood before these people do it/Claim eminent domain and have your people move in/ That’s a small glimpse into what Nipsey was doing/ For anybody still confused as to what he was doing /The neighborhood designed to keep us trapped. /They red-lined it so property declines if you live by blacks…
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The Wealth Crisis for African Americans
In 2017, the guardian reported that by 2053 the median income of black Americans will be ZERO. Meaning half of black Americans will have less then zero wealth while the other half will have some wealth.