Veblen-Clark Lecture, "From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century"

Darity talks about how the economic divide between white and Black Americans is persistent and well-documented. How to effectively address this divide continues to be a source of active public debate. In the recent book, From Here to Equality, Duke economist William Darity and folklorist A. Kirsten Mullen examine the possibility of reparations for Black Americans as a way to bridge this divide. This book examines the history of reparations policies, and it raises all sorts of important questions regarding the policy justification for reparations, and practical details regarding how such a policy could actually be implemented.