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Darrick Hamilton

Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy, The New School
Founding Director, Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy
Chapter Member: New York City SSN

About Darrick

Hamilton's work focuses on the causes, consequences and remedies of racial and ethnic inequality in economic and health outcomes, which includes an examination of the intersection of identity, racism, colorism, and socioeconomic outcomes. He has authored numerous scholarly articles on socioeconomic stratification in education, marriage, wealth, homeownership, health (including mental health), and labor market outcomes.

Contributions

Economists' Letter on Recovery Policy

    Elizabeth Oltmans Ananat , Peter Diamond , Darrick Hamilton ,
  • Carolyn J. Heinrich
  • Michael Klein , Alicia Sasser Modestino

Ten Solutions to Bridge the Racial Wealth Divide

Why the U.S. Federal Government Needs to Guarantee Jobs for All Willing Workers

  • Mark Paul
  • William Darity Jr.

No Jargon Podcast

In the News

Interviewed in "‘Baby Bonds’ Could Help the U.S. Wealth Gap," (with William Darity Jr.) Bloomberg, April 5, 2019.
Research discussed by Katrina vanden Heuvel, in "Trump's Tax-Cut Scam Will Only Deepen Racism and Inequality," The Washington Post, June 26, 2018.
Research discussed by DeRay McKesson, in "Road to Zero Wealth Reaches Pod Save the People," Pod Save the People, May 16, 2018.
Quoted by Benjy Sarlin in "Fringe Liberal Ideas Move to Front-Burner for Democrats," NBC News, May 14, 2018.
Research discussed by Antonio Moore, in "Black Wealth from Kanye to Donald Glover: America's Decadent Veil," NewsMax, May 11, 2018.
Quoted by David Love in "Should the Kanye West MAGA Debacle Remind Black People That," Atlanta Black Star, May 6, 2018.
Quoted by Susan Milligan in "Unequal in America," U.S. News & World Report, May 4, 2018.
Research discussed by Sam Fullwood III, in "New Study Takes Aim at Debunking Old Myths about America’s Racial Wealth Gap," Think Progress, May 2, 2018.
Quoted by David Dayen in "Whether American Can Afford a Job Guarantee Program is Not Up for Debate," The Intercept, April 30, 2018.
Quoted by Jeff Stein in "Booker, Sanders Want to Promise Every American a Job. Some Democrats are Skeptical.," The Washington Post, April 27, 2018.
Quoted by Gregory Krieg in "Why a 'federal jobs guarantee' is Gaining Steam with Democrats," CNN, April 26, 2018.
Quoted by Gideon Resnick in "How Guaranteeing Jobs Became the Hot New Policy Priority for 2020 Dems," The Daily Beast, April 25, 2018.
Quoted by Jonathan Chait in "Democrats are Rushing into a Job Guarantee. It Could be a Huge Mistake.," New York Magazine, April 25, 2018.
Quoted by John Bowden in "Sen. Sanders to Announce Proposal Promising Jobs to All Americans," The Hill, April 24, 2018.
Research discussed by Noah Smith, in "How to Reduce the Black-White Wealth Gap," Bloomberg View, April 23, 2018.
Quoted by Jeff Stein in "Bernie Sanders to Announce Plan to Guarantee Every American a Job," The Washington Post, April 23, 2018.
Quoted by Tanvi Misra in "Does Homeownership Really 'Drive' the Black-White Wealth Gap?," City Lab, April 20, 2018.
Research discussed by Jamelle Bouie, in "Mind the Gap," Slate, April 20, 2018.
Quoted by Dylan Matthews in "Cory Booker’s New Big Idea: Guaranteeing Jobs for Everyone Who Wants One," Vox, April 20, 2018.
Quoted by Eshe Nelson in "Greater Homeownership isn’t the Answer to Ending Wealth Inequality," Quartz, April 19, 2018.
Quoted by Sam Fulwood III in "The Implicit Bias of Starbucks’ Implicit Bias Training," Think Progress, April 18, 2018.
Research discussed by Antonio Moore, in "What We Get Wrong about Closing the Racial Wealth Gap," Fortune, April 16, 2018.
Quoted by Angela Helm in "Robert Johnson Capes for Trump over Black Unemployment Numbers (or Something)," The Root, April 7, 2018.
Quoted by Tracy Jan in "America’s First Black Billionaire Says Trump Economy Has Been Good for African Americans," The Washington Post, April 7, 2018.
Quoted by Jeff Stein in "How 12 Experts Would End Inequality If They Ran America," The Washington Post, April 6, 2018.
Opinion: "Race Still Trumps Class for Black Americans," Darrick Hamilton (with Jennifer Cohen), The Guardian, March 27, 2018.
Quoted by Stephanie Curtis and Elizabeth Shockman in "Why are the Economic Odds Stacked against Black Men?," MPR News, March 21, 2018.
Quoted by in "Bernie Sanders Hosts a Town Hall on Inequality," The Guardian, March 21, 2018.
Quoted by James Dennin in "Does Free Money Make People Lazy? Why the Case for a Universal Basic Income is Getting Stronger.," Mic: The Payoff, February 21, 2018.
Research discussed by "Could the Wealth Gap be Closed by Giving Babies $50,000? Some Economists Think So," CBC Radio, January 24, 2018.
Opinion: "Make Every Child a Trust Fund Baby," Darrick Hamilton (with William Darity Jr.), The News & Observer, January 18, 2018.
Quoted by Vann R. Newkirk II in "Instead of Work Requirements, Why Not a Jobs Guarantee?," The Atlantic, January 14, 2018.
Research discussed by Brad Williams, in "This Proposal Would Give an Average of $20000 to Every Baby Born in the US," The Kansas City Star, January 11, 2018.
Quoted by Heather Long in "Black Unemployment Falls to Lowest Level on Record," Washington Post, January 10, 2018.
Research discussed by Heather Long, in "There's a Serious Proposal to Give Babies Born in the United States $20,000 (or More)," Chicago Tribune, January 9, 2018.
Research discussed by Heather Long, in "There's a Serious Proposal to Give Babies Born in the United States $20000 (or More)," Washington Post, January 8, 2018.
Quoted by Annie Lowrey in "Should the Government Guarantee Everyone a Job?," The Atlantic, May 17, 2017.
Research discussed by Victor Ray, in "The Racialization of Academic Funding," Inside HigherEd, February 10, 2017.
Opinion: "Why We Need a Federal Job Guarantee," Darrick Hamilton (with William Darity Jr.), Jacobin Magazine, February 4, 2017.
Research discussed by Elizabeth Chang, in "What Race Tells Us about Net Worth in Washington," Washington Post, November 28, 2016.
Research discussed by Lynn Parramore, in "Baby Bonds: A Plan for Black/White Wealth Equality Conservatives Could Love?," Institute for New Economic Thinking, October 25, 2016.
Opinion: "Why Black Colleges and Universities Still Matter," Darrick Hamilton (with William Darity Jr., Tressie McMillan Cottom, Alan A. Aja, and Carolyn Ash), The American Prospect, November 9, 2015.
Opinion: "The Federal Job Guarantee: A Step Towards Racial Justice," Darrick Hamilton, Dissent Magazine, November 7, 2015.

Publications

"Examining the Differential Impact of Recessions and Recovery Across Race and Gender for Working- Versus Professional-Class Workers" (with Ofronama Biu). American Academy of Political and Social Science 695, no. 1 (2021).

Examines the Differential Impact of Recessions and Recovery Across Race and Gender for Working Versus Professional Class Workers. We investigate how wages and occupation sorting vary by race, gender, and class during recessions.