March 27, 2021 Pearl River I first met Mark Rank, professor of social welfare at Washington University in St. Louis, when we were both panelists at a forum at Loyola University in New Orleans evaluating the impact of Katrina on New Orleans. It was clear from his research then, more than fifteen years ago, that …
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Wealth Defense Industry
March 20, 2021 Pearl River One of the largest paradoxes of the pandemic has been the whopping acceleration of inequity. As twenty million are unemployed after a year and families are shut-in and desperate, even forcing Congress to act, the wealthy have had a heyday. Stock market, real estate, and other asset categories …
Clogged Pipeline for Minority and Women-owned Businesses
March 13, 2021 Pearl River If the Jeffersonian story of America was the small yeoman farmer, the contemporary story of America is often of small businesses. These are the main streets and rural areas celebrated by Republicans certainly, but actually more widely in contemporary culture as well. Small businesses may not be as prosperous as …