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A Response to Michael Walzer’s Note on Racial Capitalism
“The point of theorizing about racial capitalism is to focus our attention on the broader forms of organization that are constitutive of social life under capitalism, beyond how it organizes work and production.”
Fight for Economic Equality Is as Old as America Itself
“Americans are increasingly worried about the rising tide of economic inequality, as fewer control more wealth. For the origins of these concerns, commentators usually point to the Gilded Age at the end of the 19th century, when a few men gained immense wealth and power in the U.S. and workers suffered extreme poverty. But fears of great wealth and the need for economic equality go back to the country’s origins.”
Universal Unions
“Being an employee is a threat to your liberty. But while firms exist, compulsory unions are a basic safeguard of freedom”, argues Mark Reiff, political / legal / moral philosopher and author of In the Name of Liberty: The Argument for Universal Unionization (Cambridge University Press, 2020).
Why Do Economists Have Trouble Understanding Racialized Inequalities?
“The economics profession has long been criticized for often ignoring the structural basis of racism or, in general, any form of identity-based discrimination. Is there something about the way economics is taught that makes it difficult for economists to identify and address structural racism? A survey of around 500 economists that we ran earlier this year would suggest so.”
A Note on Racial Capitalism
“I have been puzzled for many months by the appearance of the phrase ‘racial capitalism’ in the left press […]. What does it mean? […] Capitalism and racism overlap sometimes, as they do today in the United States. But the overlap is circumstantial, not necessary.”
There Can Be No Equality Without a Dramatic Renewal of Employment Opportunity for All American Workers
“To fulfill Martin Luther King’s vision of jobs and freedoms for Black Americans, Washington must reign in corporate greed”
