The Review of Black Political Economy articles from January 1993

The Review of Black Political Economy archives from January 1993

A tribute to Robert S. Browne. (Special Issue in Honor of Robert S. Browne)
January 1, 1993... Robert S. Browne, in whose honor this special issue is conceived, is a modest man whose life and work legitimately place him among the nation's leading economists. His vision in founding The Review of Black Political Economy and the Black...

The origin, birth, and adolescence of The Review of Black Political Economy and the Black Economic Research Center. (Special Issue in Honor of Robert S. Browne)
January 1, 1993... Although I am reluctant to admit it, RBPE is twenty-three years old this year. In commemoration thereof, the editor has asked me to recount for its readers some of my recollections of how RBPE and its parent, the Black Economic Research Center...

What's wrong with the theory of racial inequality: toward a more effective theory of racial inequality in economic life. (Special Issue in Honor of Robert S. Browne)
January 1, 1993... The alternative model takes the existence of racially distinct groups and initial racial difference in the ownership of resources as given and exogenous. It is specified in a manner that allows the evolution of racial inequality over time to be...

Community economic development: some critical issues. (Special Issue in Honor of Robert S. Browne)
January 1, 1993... INTRODUCTION The virtual disintegration of significant areas in many of our central cities tells the story of how the cumulative effects of flawed public policy, institutional racism, purposeful withdrawal of private investment from "nonwhite"...

Economic growth and equity: complements or opposites? (Special Issue in Honor of Robert S. Browne)
January 1, 1993... TRICKLE DOWN OR NOT AT ALL: IS THAT THE QUESTION? According to the "trickle down" idea currently in vogue, economic growth and improved equity in income distribution are somehow interlinked. Growth itself generates opportunities for lifting up...

Terms of trade shifts and international macroeconomic fundamentals. (Special Issue in Honor of Robert S. Browne)
January 1, 1993... This paper, presented as part of the testimony to the many accomplishments of Robert S. Browne, examines one of the issues concerning the linkage between the fortunes of developing and industrialized countries.(*) In particular, it focuses on the...

Toward an overall assessment of our alternatives. (Robert S. Browne speech to the National Black Economic Development Conference) (Special Issue in Honor of Robert S. Browne)(Selected Analyses by Robert S. Browne) (Transcript)
January 1, 1993... Aware and Concerned Brothers and Sisters -- It is with great humility that I have accepted this invitation to deliver the keynote address for this important conference on Black Economic Development.(*) We are all aware in what a critical period...

The economic basis for reparations to black America. (Special Issue in Honor of Robert S. Browne)(Selected Analyses by Robert S. Browne)
January 1, 1993... INTRODUCTION Whether called a domestic Marshall Plan, as the late Whitney Young envisioned it, an overdue promissory note, as Dr. Martin Luther King referred to it, or the accusing word itself, "reparations," as James Forman called it when he...

Wealth distribution and its impact on minorities. (Special Issue in Honor of Robert S. Browne)(Selected Analyses by Robert S. Browne)
January 1, 1993... INTRODUCTION The 1960s witnessed a significant shift of emphasis with respect to the attention being paid to the plight of America's major ethnic minorities, especially blacks.(*) The preoccupation with desegregation and with voting rights,...

The black stake in global interdependence. (Special Issue in Honor of Robert S. Browne)(Selected Analyses by Robert S. Browne)
January 1, 1993... There is no more fascinating, no more challenging, and perhaps no more frightening problem area confronting us today than that of international relations.(*) It is fascinating because there are probably more, and more diverse, views and...