Investing in Black Businesses to Expand the Economy, How Companies Surveil Employees, and More

January 6, 2021

Black people comprise approximately 14.2% of the U.S. population, but Black firms comprise only 2.2% of the nation’s 5.7 million businesses with employees. In new research, Andre Perry and Carl Romer examine the state of Black-owned employer businesses and highlight the immense economic benefits of supporting them.

With more people working from home during the pandemic, the boundary between business and personal activities has blurred. Darrell West details the wide range of tools organizations have to monitor worker activities and argues for more transparency and worker protections.

“I think that the Biden administration is going to enunciate a foreign policy that envisages very clearly a values-based intent to have a close partnership with our allies, with our partners, and with our friends.” Brookings President John R. Allen joins David Dollar on the Dollar & Sense podcast to discuss the future of U.S. leadership amid the numerous foreign policy challenges ahead.

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