Economic history repeats itself: Black Americans are enduring the brunt of the coronavirus recession
By William M. Rodgers III, Professor of Public Policy and Chief Economist, Rutgers University As the COVID-19 pandemic became worse in April, many Americans were shocked by the extent that black Americans were being disproportionately impacted: higher infection rates, more deaths and greater job loss. But many black Americans were not surprised. This is not new. The same dynamic has been going on at times of crisis for decades and generations. As a labor economist and former chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor under the Clinton administration, I know that history has shown that black Americans consistently...
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