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Two presents from the Racism & the Economy: Criminal Justice event
Fed’s “Racism and the Economy” series explores the criminal legal system
Alyssa Augustine | Senior Public Relations Program Manager
July 16, 2021
Article
Racism and the Economy: Focus on Criminal Justice
Event on July 13, 2021
Event
Working Papers
Reparations and Persistent Racial Wealth Gaps
Job Boerma | University of Wisconsin-Madison Loukas Karabarbounis | Consultant
June 29, 2021
Research
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Doves for the Rich, Hawks for the Poor? Distributional Consequences of Systematic Monetary Policy
Nils Gornemann | Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Keith Kuester | University of Bonn Makoto Nakajima | Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
June 29, 2021
Research
Overcoming history: Entrepreneurs of color forced to confront constraints from the past key image
Overcoming history: Entrepreneurs of color forced to confront constraints from the past
Jay Lindsay | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
June 7, 2021
Article
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Racism and the Economy: Focus on Entrepreneurship
Event on June 2, 2021
Event
Despite recent gains, Minnesota’s entrepreneurs of color face persistent barriers
Despite recent gains, Minnesota’s entrepreneurs of color face persistent barriers
Ben Horowitz | Project Director, Community Development and Engagement Michou Kokodoko | Project Director, Community Development and Engagement Katherine Lim | Economist, Community Development and Engagement Alene Tchourumoff | Senior Vice President, Community Development and Engagement
May 28, 2021
Article
By sabotaging essential products, monopolies increase poverty and economic inequality key image
By sabotaging essential products, monopolies increase poverty and economic inequality
Douglas Clement | Managing Editor
May 24, 2021
Article
Neel Kashkari and Justice Alan Page (ret.)
Star Tribune op-ed: Journey toward equity must begin at school
Neel Kashkari | President and Chief Executive Officer Alan Page | Minnesota Supreme Court Justice (ret)
May 4, 2021
Article
Abigail Wozniak
Director Abigail Wozniak on the Women in Economics podcast
Abigail Wozniak | Director, Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute and Senior Research Economist
Speech on April 30, 2021
Speech
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Barriers for Black Minnesotans: An armchair conversation on needed systemic change in education and employment
Neel Kashkari | President and Chief Executive Officer
Event on April 23, 2021
Event
Sendhil Mullainathan and William Spriggs
Fed’s “Racism and the Economy” series examines racism’s impact on the economics profession
Lisa Camner McKay | Writer/Analyst
April 16, 2021
Article