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GM Bankruptcy turns Detroit into Hustler's Paradise

by admin | Jun 2, 2009 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Neoliberalism, Obama, The Future of the City, Urban Politics | 1 comment

Fifty or so years ago what was good for GM was good for the nation. Yesterday GM officially went into bankruptcy. Shares of the stock are now worthless. The government is for all intents and purposes the virtual owner of GM. There are already signals they intend to...

Conversation with William Julius Wilson about Race and Poverty

by admin | May 28, 2009 | Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, Neoliberalism, NPR, Racial Politics, The Mass Media, Urban Politics | 3 comments

…went much better than I expected. Listen here. Quick thoughts: An email comment from “Eric” noted that in the wake of Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination it’d be hard to ask taxpayers to continue to expend resources for the black...

Discussing Race, Poverty, and Black Families

by admin | May 26, 2009 | Cash Rules Everything Around Me, Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, Neoliberalism, Urban Politics | 2 comments

Today on Midday with Dan Rodrick I’ll be talking with William Julius Wilson who released a new book More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City. Wilson’s work over the past thirty years has defined the discussion on poverty both in academic...