BlackEconomics.org® To resolve the “Black American Problem” there must be an amazing vision that informs a strategic and long-range plan. Hence, our efforts to help develop and implement the Long-Term Strategic Plan for Black America.(i) Given that life has a way of continuously undressing before us and revealing new knowledge, insights, and information means that […]
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EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES
Special Headline Thoughts No. 6: “Racism, MM, and IBMs”
BlackEconomics.org® Introduction This “Headline Thoughts” (HLTs) is unique because it only covers one media headline rather than multiple headlines. It places Racism, March Madness (MM), and the Irrelevance of Black Males (IBMs) under a microscope and may require more willingness to change than readers can summon. It speaks to the hypocrisy of the nation after […]
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Money, Wealth, and Freedom
BlackEconomics.org® Baba Lumumba of Umoja House in Washington, DC recently crystalized beautifully an important reason for the absence of Black American unity and, consequently, for our snail’s pace progress on the “freedom” front—however we define it. He suggests that there are two Black American camps: Integrationists/assimilationist (IAs) and separatists/nationalists (SNs). However, we are compelled to […]
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Increasing Economic Efficiency Through Access
BlackEconomics.org® The only national provider of passenger rail service in the US is Amtrak, which is classified as a nonmarket (not for profit) Federal Government corporation. In 2000, Amtrak began providing high-speed rail (HSR) services primarily in the “northeast corridor.” Notably, while overall Amtrak operations have been loss-making since its founding in 1971, its HSR […]
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Government Accounting 101: Budgets, Deficits, and Debt
BlackEconomics.org® Introduction Much of the hoopla in the nation’s capital since Inauguration Day has involved money: The ubiquitous answer to all questions. Unequivocally, the new Administration has voiced a strong interest in budget, deficit, and debt (BDD) concerns. There are several fields of academic study that offer an opportunity to gain command of this topic, […]
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Black American Religiosity: Statistics, Analysis, and Outcomes
BlackEconomics.org® Justifiably or not, it is an “accepted fact” that Black Americans are the most “religious” racial/ethnic group in the US as defined by Pew Research Center statistics on self-identification of religious adherence, self-assessment of a personal religious attitude, and attendance at religious services.(i) The purpose of this investigative analytical essay is to explore this […]
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A Historical Critique of Black American Leadership
Black Economics ® Introduction (1) Black America has a troubled, yet rich, history. We all know the story: African people taken prisoner, brought to North America, and forced to work as “slaves;” rendered “free” by the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution; Reconstruction; segregated life under Black Codes and Jim Crow; the Great Migration north; […]
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Revisiting Black American Leadership
Why is Black America at the US’s socioeconomic bottom. There is little disagreement that we are where we are because we are not unified and not organized well enough to, inter alia, use the following standard strategic planning model to achieve persistent success: Establish and ensure that we all know our short- and long-term objectives […]
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Why ‘Africa’?
BlackEconomics.org® This essay challenges our “thoughtless” use of “Africa” as the name of the “Motherland” from economic, historical, and psychological/neuroeconomic perspectives. Is this a key “sin” of omission that binds us?(1) Your patience is requested as we explore this topic methodically. The scholarly works of economists are highly valued, in part, because of the methodologies […]
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Black American (Afrodescendant) Labor: A Problematic Past and Favorable Future
BlackEconomics.org® This is a special African American (Afrodescendant) History Month (AAHM) release from BlackEconomoics.org. It was invited by the Jackson Advocate of Jackson (MedgarEversville), Mississippi. The Jackson Advocate is an 87-year-old Black newspaper known as “The Voice of Black Mississippians.” We extend our deep appreciation to the Advocate’s Editor Emeritus, Mrs. Alice Tisdale, who invited […]
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