Much work in the sociology of race and ethnicity centers on an underlying narrative of racial
progress. Progress narratives are typically conceptualized as a linear process of slow, yet …

The idea of global reparations has received increasing attention in recent years, not only
with respect to legacies of slavery and colonialism, but also to interrelated issues such as …

The distribution of resources through an unconditional, universal mechanism (such as a
universal basic income) recognizes the shared origins of wealth created by past generations …

Informed by insights drawn from stratification economics and deploying dynamic game
theory, we project the long-term outcome of racial/ethnic wealth disparities under multiple …

There are wide racial disparities in virtually every sphere of economic life. African American
workers earn less than whites. They are more likely to be denied loans than whites. Minority …

The writings of TH Marshall, Esping Anderson and other welfare state scholars have been
concerned with class-based inequalities bought about through capitalism. Yet the focus on …

A meticulous and exhaustive accounting of the total economic devastation wreaked on Black
communities by mass incarceration with an action guide for vital reparations. Stolen Wealth …

ABSTRACT A growing number of communities in the global African diaspora are
campaigning for reparations for historical and contemporary human rights violations. While …

This article considers the challenge of ensuring that international reparations payments are
effective in benefiting the recipient countries of such reparations. To guarantee that these …

In this paper, we address in more detail the question raised in Wacker (2011b): why does
foreign direct investment (FDI) generally have a positive impact on developing countries' …