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 […]
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 […]
A BlackEconomics.org Classificational Anatomy of Wealth
By Brooks B. Robinson, Ph.D. Introduction This analytical brief is intended to share information about wealth: To define it; to identify its sources; to describe some of its forms not by value but by its associated power; and to offer a broad view of ideal wealth that might be beneficial for Black Americans to adopt. […]
How Unfair is the Global Economic Strategic Game?
BlackEconomics.org® It is common knowledge that today’s global economic strategic game is characterized by the Global North generally exploiting economically the Global South. The Global North thrives via its highly valued advanced technological economies, which are often made possible—in part—by low-valued primary factors of production from the Global South. This is particularly true for African […]
It’s Not that Simple
BlackEconomics.org® Physical relocations typically come with different state and local government tax structures and provision of public goods and services. Given the advanced state of the US economy, does it not seem logical that experts would identify an ideal level of public sector output that could serve as the gold standard for all state and […]
The New Political Economy of the Black Vote
BlackEconomics.org® The brief analysis that we released on June 21, 2024, included a reminder from Malcolm X (aka El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) that northern and southern Whites (non-Blacks) are the same. They have a common agenda—to ensure their continued domination of Black Americans. No one wants to be at the bottom of the socioeconomic hierarchy. However, […]
Then or Now
BlackEconomics.org® In our world aswirl with small wars, skirmishes, rumors of wars, and increasing prospects for widening military conflict, it is not irrational to think the “unthinkable.” By “unthinkable” is meant there could be violent conflict on US soil. Believe it or not, the media and its controlling interests appear determined to pit “conservatives” (Republicans) […]
The Gift that Keeps on Giving: Black America’s RDIS
BlackEconomics.org® In a White Supremacist world, it is expected that efforts would have been undertaken to influence Black Americans to believe that we had little-to-no power—especially economic power. Then “spending power” (now thought to be approaching $2.0 trillion) emerged as a counter claim to our powerlessness. More recently during the Covid-19 Pandemic, several submissions appeared […]
Comprehending Context Fully
BlackEconomics.org® Introduction To know, to know fully, implies that correct action is possible in response to what is known. In Black America’s case, there is widespread and general knowledge of our “condition”—statistics even—on many fronts. This “knowledge” begs the question: Why do we not do more to improve our condition? The latter question sheds light […]
Stop Coloring Within the Lines: Don’t Miss Oppenheimer’s Messages
BlackEconomics.org® One of our most vivid memories of early elementary school is being pleasantly exuberant about having crayon colored a map of the African Continent, only to be told that the effort was subpar because there was “coloring outside the lines.” At a later point, there was a seemingly applauding comment by a teacher’s assessment […]
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