Special NSP Episode: Discussing Reparations w/ Prof. William Darity
Adam and special co-host Carla Skandier interview Professor William Darity, Jr. for the Next System Project. Darity discusses his forthcoming book "From Here to Equality" on the subject of reparations for African Americans.
Transcript coming soon at http://thenextsystem.org/for-reparations/.
The Next System Project is an ambitious multi-year initiative aimed at thinking boldly about what is required to deal with the systemic challenges the United States faces now and in coming decades. Find out more at www.thenextsystem.org.
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William Darity, Jr. is the Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studies, and Economics and the director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University. The focus of his work his is on inequality based on race, class, and ethnicity. He has been published in The Atlantic, The New York Times, and most recently Jacobin Magazine.
Read his and his co-authors' piece on UBI and the Federal Job Guarantee here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/02/federal-job-guarantee-universal-basic-income-investment-jobs-unemployment/
Follow him on twitter: https://twitter.com/SandyDarity
Follow Darity's "Bold Policies for Social Change" on Research Gate here: https://www.researchgate.net/project/Bold-Policies-for-Social-Change-2?_esc=profileProjectCards&_sg=QeUm7ufpQ_Kt1RjSw-md5RWGPeMbs2ubf69GwVrYVIhRokbac-Lo-IyBMBKr9gArC4RG-jBdAP_mKlhjPEHstQ
