By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — As an economist, I have spent much of my life thinking about what money does. It measures value. It facilitates exchange. It stores wealth. But…
Dr. Julianne Malveaux is a member of the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC), an economist, author and Dean of the College of Ethnic Studies at California State University at Los Angeles. Juliannemalveaux.com
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — As an economist, I have spent much of my life thinking about what money does. It measures value. It facilitates exchange. It stores wealth. But…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — This week I am thinking about what it means to go back to school in a country that still rations opportunity. The stores are selling…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — I have never been much for flag-waving patriotism. I respect the rituals, and I understand why some people are moved by them. But my own…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — I have never been much for flag-waving patriotism. I respect the rituals, and I understand why some people are moved by them. But my own…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — They are calling it a budget cut. But let’s be clear: when Congress cuts WIC, it is taking food from pregnant women, babies, toddlers, and…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Imagine having electricity for only four hours a day. Now imagine not knowing which four hours. Can you make coffee? Refrigerate medicine? Charge your phone?…
The Imperial Presidency Meets the Family Business By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — America once worried about an imperial presidency. Now we have an imperial presidency merged with a family business….
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Seventy-one years ago, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, declaring that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. For generations…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — The May 12 inflation report confirmed what many Americans already know in their bones: while economists debate indicators and politicians boast about growth, ordinary people…
How Federal Reserve policy lands hardest on those at the margins By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — By May 15, the Federal Reserve will likely have a new chair. That transition…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — I was raised Catholic. Not casually Catholic. My mother was the kind of Catholic who went to Mass every day. Faith was not something she…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — People keep talking about the future of work as if it is something waiting just around the corner—robots taking jobs, artificial intelligence transforming industries, entire…