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William Spriggs, economist who highlighted racial disparities, dies at 68

Por: Portland Press Herald World June 11, 2023

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Spurred by the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police in May 2020, economist William E. Spriggs wrote an open letter to his peers castigating them for making too many assumptions to explain racial disparities in America’s economy. Dr. Spriggs, an economics professor at Howard University and chief economist for the AFL-CIO labor federation, noted that far too many economists assume “that African Americans are inferior until proven... + full article



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