Valerie R Wilson
@ValerieRWilson
Economist, Director of Program on Race, Ethnicity and the Economy at EPI. 2022 President of National Economic Association. Views expressed are my own.
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05-03-2012 16:42:34
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The closing anecdote from Valerie R Wilson captures something I heard from many people about his influence. Working for him early in her career helped convince her to stay in econ. When she told him she was returning to grad school, he told her: “We need you in the profession.”
As part of our #NewImperatives research series, we spoke with our very own Darrick Hamilton about advancing education, civics instruction, and employment equity as basic human rights.
Watch the interview, and read our report with policy recommendations: racepowerpolicy.org/new-imperative…
In America, there has been a racial divide in employment rates, but could this number disappear in our lifetimes? Valerie R Wilson from Economic Policy Institute Institute joins Poll Hub this week to explain what new data says...and doesn't...about this: maristpoll.com/podcast
I cited Dr. Swinton's research in this @economicpolicy piece on race & unequal power in the labor market with Sandy Darity, Retweets do not mean endorsement. epi.org/unequalpower/p…
A full day! Cornerstone breakfast, NEA-American Society of Hispanic Economists session, Westerfield luncheon, development session, business meeting, presidential address, CSMGEP-ASHE-Assn for Economic Research of Indigenous Peoples-NEA reception.
Limited tickets for Cornerstone/Westerfield
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Phenomenal NEAEcon Cornerstone panel at #ASSA2023 , featuring David Swinton, Margaret Simms, Barbara Jones, James Stewart, Charles Betsey, Bernard Anderson, and Julianne Malveaux. Celebrating 100 Years of African American Economists, the panel is moderated by by Linwood Tauheed.