The National Economic Association at 50: Getting Back to Our Roots

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-159
Author(s):  
Olugbenga Ajilore
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
African American ◽  
Black Political Economy ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
50Th Anniversary ◽  
Economic Association ◽  
National Economic ◽  
National Economic Association ◽  
African American Economists ◽  
Black Economists

The National Economic Association (NEA) started out as the Caucus of Black Economists in December 1969. At the onset of the 50th Anniversary of the NEA’s founding, this presidential address looks at the organization’s past, present, and future to improve the prospects for current and future African American economists. Three recommendations are offered: support The Review of Black Political Economy, the NEA’s journal; help develop regional student chapters; and continue to foster allies that are aligned with the NEA’s mission. The Economics field needs to be better about becoming diverse and inclusive, and the NEA can lead the movement toward those goals.

The National Economic Association at 50: Where Have We Come From and Where Are We Going?

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-124
Author(s):  
Margaret C. Simms
Keyword(s):  
American Economic Association ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Economic Association ◽  
National Economic ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
National Economic Association ◽  
Black Economists

The National Economic Association was founded as the Caucus of Black Economists in 1969. The organization was formed to address the underrepresentation of Black economists in the American Economic Association and in the profession at large. This article reviews key issues raised and how they were addressed. It also makes suggestions for future directions the NEA might take.

One Hundred Years of African American Economists: Difficulties and Prospects for Black Political Economy in the 21st Century

2021 ◽  
pp. 003464462110135
Author(s):  
Linwood Tauheed
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
African American ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Racial Disparity ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Black Leadership ◽  
Economic Theories ◽  
African American Economists ◽  
Black Economists

The challenge set before Black economists in 1967 by Harold Cruse in his seminal work The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual: A Historical Analysis of the Failure of Black Leadership, to create new economic theories, methodologies, and institutional forms, from a Black community point of view, is still with us, and growing more urgent by the day. Mainstream economics has failed to shine much light on fundamental problems of inequality, poverty, and financial and productive stability, particularly as these problems intersect with racial disparity. After 100 years of African American economists, perhaps it is time to strike out on our own behalf and search for the solutions to our community's problems by creating and employing our own lamps.

The Moral Burden on Economists: Darrick Hamilton’s 2017 NEA Presidential Address

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 331-342
Author(s):  
Darrick Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Racial Disparity ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Structural Barriers ◽  
Individual Agency ◽  
Economic Association ◽  
National Economic ◽  
National Economic Association

In his 2017 presidential address to the National Economic Association (NEA), Professor Darrick Hamilton warned that treating economics as a morally neutral “science,” and the discipline’s limited attention to structural barriers and overemphasis individual agency, has resulted in bad economics, and bad policy particularly as it relates to racial disparity.

50 Years of Power and the Influence of the National Economic Association: Black Economist Contributions to Economics Profession

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-117
Author(s):  
Omari H. Swinton
Keyword(s):  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Black Economist ◽  
The Past ◽  
Economic Association ◽  
National Economic ◽  
Economics Profession ◽  
National Economic Association ◽  
The Way

The National Economic Association (NEA) president addresses the membership body at the annual meeting. He reflects on the past presidents of the organization and their accomplishments. He then addresses his path through the NEA from a child to the president of the organization and the assistance that many provided along the way.

We’ve to Build the Pipeline. What’s the Problem? What’s Next? The Remix

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
Junior Faculty ◽  
Mentoring Programs ◽  
Economic Association ◽  
Economics Profession ◽  
History Of ◽  
Undergraduate Economics ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Black Economists

Despite a history of initiatives to strengthen the doctorate pipeline and mentoring programs for graduate students and junior faculty, the economics profession has failed to achieve a representative level of diversity across ethnicity, gender and race. This National Economic Association presidential address looks at the 20-year production, 1996-2015, of economists by ethnicity, gender, race, and residential status with an interest in the production of Black economists. The findings suggest there is cause for alarm as the number of undergraduate economics degrees conferred to Black women was stagnant, and there has been a decrease in the number of doctorates conferred to Blacks men. In addition, the number of undergraduate mathematics degrees conferred to Blacks has decreased, which may have dire consequences for the economics and mathematics doctorate pipeline. Recommendations that promote the professional lives of Black and minority economists are provided.

The Origin, Birth, and Adolescence of the Review of Black Political Economy and the Black Economic Research Center

1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 9-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert S. Browne
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Black Political Economy ◽  
Research Center ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Black Capitalism ◽  
Economic Problems ◽  
Black Economic ◽  
Black Economic Development ◽  
Black Economists

The Review of Black Political Economy (RBPE) and the Black Economic Research Center (BERC) arose from the atmosphere of the late sixties, when black nationalism was at its apex and vigorous efforts were under way to give meaning to the concepts of “black economic development” and “black capitalism.” They were created as vehicles to assist black economists and economic activists to analyze and disseminate relevant data on black economic affairs and to explore and facilitate new approaches to black economic problems. RBPE offered black economists a place where they could publish their work and share it with their colleagues. The flavor of RBPE has changed somewhat over its twenty-three year life, becoming less polemical and more scholarly.

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