Economic Policy

Grounded in History and Place: Critical Science for Health Justice and the People’s Health

Nancy Krieger, in this presentation for the Stone Center’s Inequality by the Numbers 2023 virtual workshop, provides an in-depth review of her lifelong research on public health disparities across geographical areas and their historical origins in racial structures such as Jim Crow, and her ongoing development of area-based social and health metrics in the pandemic age.

2023-04-19T09:19:19-04:00April 19, 2023|

Inequality in New York City and the Impact of Local Policy

James Parrott, in this presentation for the Stone Center’s Inequality by the Numbers 2023 virtual workshop, provides an update on his 2020 presentation, showing long-term trends in wages, employment, and inequality in New York City, including during the pandemic, and demonstrating the importance of local public policy in reducing racial and economic inequality.

2023-04-19T09:20:36-04:00April 18, 2023|

New Deal Policy and the Racialization of Homeownership

Jacob Faber, in this presentation for the Stone Center’s Inequality by the Numbers 2023 virtual workshop, assembles archival and census data from the past one hundred years to examine the long-term impact of the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC, which was responsible for redlining) on large, enduring Black-white disparities in home ownership.

2023-04-19T11:07:49-04:00April 18, 2023|
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