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The legacy of slavery in this economy

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A group of women and children, presumably slaves, sit and stand around the doorway of a rough wooden cabin in the southern United States in the mid-19th century. One girl reads a book to the group of sitting children.

A group of women and children, presumably slaves, sit and stand around the doorway of a rough wooden cabin in the southern United States in the mid-19th century. One girl reads a book to the group of sitting children. Hulton Archive/Getty Images

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The disturbing parallels between modern accounting and the business of slavery

by Kimberly Adams Aug 14, 2018
How slaveholders used modern management techniques
Race and Economy

If a company is serious about racial pay equity, what should it do?

by Marielle Segarra Jun 9, 2020
There are concrete steps companies can take. To start, collect the data.
My Economy

Activism "is built into the DNA of our brand"

by Alli Fam Jun 9, 2020
Nikoa Evans-Hendricks is a restaurateur and executive director of an entrepreneurs' coalition in Harlem. She talks about the role of Black-owned businesses.

Who gets to decide if we are in a recession?

by Sabri Ben-Achour Jun 9, 2020
We have to take the word of economists at the National Bureau of Economic Research, who have been making that call for a hundred years.
COVID-19

Pandemic may be a turning point for oil business, executives and analysts say

by Scott Tong Jun 9, 2020
With carbon emissions and air pollution plummeting during the lockdown, experts question whether we'll return to our old driving and flying habits.

"A moment of reckoning for the United States at home and abroad"

by Kai Ryssdal and Alli Fam Jun 9, 2020
The country's coalition-building power overseas has weakened as it focuses on crises at home, researcher Torrey Taussig says.

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