BlackEconomics.org® Fall is upon us. The school year is well underway. Planning is in train for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Years Holidays. Those engaged in academic pursuits already have their sights set on the second semester and graduation in April, May, or June 2025. Fortunately, planning is a prerequisite for successful lives. Unfortunately, Black […]
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Headline Thoughts No. 4
BlackEconomics.org® Generally, “Headline Thoughts” (HLTs) reflect our contemplations of, and conclusions about, recent, and important media headlines from a Black American economic perspective. This edition of HLTs maintains yet deviates from that pattern. The First HLT is derived from a media headline. However, the remaining four HLTs are more in number than usual, and they […]
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Reinforcing and Permanentizing Economic Inequality
BlackEconomics.org® You are familiar, no doubt, with the following expressions: “Don’t take your foot off the gas pedal;” “don’t let them see the light of day;” “don’t let them get up;” “If you are fighting and your enemy is down, then keep him/her down.” All these expressions are apropos for characterizing Black America’s economic relationships […]
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That is Not the Cause: What is?
BlackEconomics.org® The time for parables, half-truths, feeding pablum to the people, and for obfuscation is over. Time for using psychological, subliminal, and programmatic tricks to confuse the population is over. Being partly ignorant (an excuse without justification today) we rely largely on scientists (who are purposefully divided to add to the confusion), who say that […]
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Feminization -> Nullification -> Weaponization
BlackEconomics.org® Introduction This brief essay would have been best penned by a Black American female economist. Arguably, Black females have experienced certain historical opportunities to enjoy more favorable outcomes than their Black male counterparts. Therefore, Black females may have unique insights concerning how Black males could or should address this essay’s topic. Black economists value […]
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Strings that Bind
BlackEconomics.org® The entire nation and world are swept up in the dramatic runup to the November 5, 2024 Presidential Election. We began receiving clear signals concerning Kamala Harris’s economic policies last week.(i) Of course, Donald Trump has his “2025 Project,” which presents its own distinct economic plan. For most Black Americans, there is no […]
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Headline Thoughts No. 3
BlackEconomics.org® “Headline Thoughts” (HLT) reflect our contemplations of, and conclusions about, recent, and important media headlines from a Black American economic perspective. This version of HLT meditates on the adages: “Things aren’t always as they seem;” and “If it appears too good to be true, then it probably is.” Our meditations are about front-and-center evidence […]
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Kamala Harris and the Unending Onslaught of Economic Attacks Against Black Americans
BlackEconomics.org® This essay is a late entry. We had planned to feature an essay entitled “Kamala’s ‘Last Straw’ Drama,” which discusses the extraordinary drama now underway that is entertaining the American Public. The drama provides a cover for oligarchs and plutocrats to move stealthily to further diminish democracy and the economic power of the nation’s […]
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A Black American Economic Green Book
BlackEconomics.org® As a resident of Hawaii where Black Americans (Afrodescendants) constitute about 2.2 percent of a 1.4 million population located in the Pacific Ocean about 2,400 miles from California, and given Black American History, one has cause to think the unthinkable. In doing so, one may begin to consider relevant statistics in a strictly Black […]
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What Do You Know About Wealth?
What do you know about wealth other than that it can be held in physical/material or financial forms? Can you distinguish between detailed nonfinancial and financial assets and liabilities? Do you have a comprehensive and precise definition for wealth? Do you know the difference between wealth and net worth? From whence cometh wealth? How much […]
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