Noneconomists often think that economists' approach to race is almost exclusively one of laissez-faire. Racism, Liberalism, and Economics argues that economists' ideas are more complicated.

2009

Level: mittel

Race, Liberalism, And Economics

Colander, David; Prasch, Robert E.; Shetz, Falguni A.

University of Michigan Press

This is an immensely important book for any student of social theory interested in understanding the colonial roots of a lot of contemporary thinking From a post colonial perspective Gurminder Bhambra and John Holmwood unpack how the emergence of modern society in the context of European colonialism and empire impacted …

2021

Level: mittel

Colonialism and Modern Social Theory

Gurminder K. Bhambra, John Holmwood

John Wiley & Sons

Colonialism persists in many African countries due to the continuation of imperial monetary policy. This is the little-known account of the CFA Franc and economic imperialism.

2021

Level: leicht

Africa's Last Colonial Currency

Fanny Pigeaud, Ndongo Samba Sylla

Pluto Press

Wealth inequality between Black and white people in the US barely has changed in the last 150 years. In her book "The Color of Money. Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap" Mehrsa Baradaran, analyzes why also Black banks have not successfully changed this and not enabled Black wealth on a broader scale.

2017

Level: mittel

The Color of Money

Mehrsa Baradaran

Harvard University Press

This lecture offers a general and introductory overview of the theory of racial capitalism, focusing on the origins of racial capitalism and some of the debates it has generated.

2021

Level: leicht

Introduction to Racial Capitalism

Alana Lentin

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