The Review of Black Political Economy articles from June 1996

The Review of Black Political Economy archives from June 1996

The gif t of chaos: an opportunity for the nation's black economists.(Transcript)
June 22, 1996... I want to express my sincere appreciation to you for allowing me to represent the National Economic Association and to serve as your president. It has been both a challenge and an honor. The NEA and the programs it has supported have strongly...

The impact of the california civil rights initiative (CCRI) on university and professional school admissions and the implications for the California economy.
June 22, 1996... INTRODUCTION In 1995, The Board of Regents of the University of California (UC) voted to eliminate the use of race as a factor in undergraduate and professional school admissions in the University of California system. The Board of Regents'...

Urban neighborhood demographics associated with environmentally suspect, tax-delinquent properties: equity and redevelopment implications.
June 22, 1996... INTRODUCTION For most central cities, the latter half of the twentieth century has been a prolonged period of disinvestment and out-migration of population and economic activity. That this tide of disinvestment and abandonment is continuing to...

Racial discrimination and long-term contracts in major league baseball.
June 22, 1996... INTRODUCTION Much has been written about racial discrimination in major league baseball. Discrimination in baseball has been a popular topic for empirical study, largely because worker productivity is easily measured via a myriad of...

Democracy and growth: the sub-Saharan African case, 1960-1992.
June 22, 1996... INTRODUCTION This article studies the relationship between economic growth and political institutions in sub-Saharan African countries. Its focus is the effect of democracy on growth, with democracy being measured as the degree of...

Human Factor Engineering and the Political Economy of African Development.
June 22, 1996... Conventional wisdom identifies a shortage of capital as the primary (among several other) cause for Africa's deplorable rate of development. "Not true," says Senyo B-S. K. Adjibolosoo, an associate professor of business and economics at Canada's...

Foreign Aid, Self-Reliance and Economic Development in West Africa.
June 22, 1996... R. Omotayo Olaniyan gives a good overview of the long and contentious history of foreign assistance with several interesting twists, he includes bilateral foreign assistance from developed countries other than the U.S. The U.S. is the country...

The gift of chaos: an opportunity for the nation's black economists. (National Economic Association Pres. Shelley I. White-Means speech)(Transcript)
June 22, 1996... I want to express my sincere appreciation to you for allowing me to represent the National Economic Association and to serve as your president. It has been both a challenge and an honor. The NEA and the programs it has supported have strongly...