When it comes to economic policy, President-elect Joe Biden is putting racial disparities high on the agenda as he assembles his administration. “It’s an incredible signal to the Black community," said Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, co-founder of the Sadie Collective, a nonprofit working to get more Black women in economics. “This administration is going to be focused on thinking about: ‘How do we build up Black wealth? Among Biden’s other experts on the racial wealth gap are:Don Graves, who leads the Treasury landing team. “Inequality in our economy causes a lot of problems," said Ben Zipperer, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute.

Source: Mint November 15, 2020 12:45 UTC