wealth creation

Closing the Wealth Gap in Black America Through Investments in Innovation

Phillip Washington, Dallas Weekly MagazineNovember 2, 2023

Black America’s wealth gap can be closed by more individuals actively participating in new economies. The old economy relies on manipulation and debt to reshuffle wealth, while the new economy creates wealth where it previously did not exist.

Business COVID-19 News

Black Business Registrations Increase During COVID Pandemic

Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire CorrespondentJune 17, 2021

Andre Perry, a Brookings Institution fellow, told the Times that some of the surge in Black business registrations could be a signal of personal economic trouble. “This is more about survival than it is about wealth creation. There’s lots of people who have lost their jobs and lost their businesses. People are starting to realize that side hustles are businesses,” Perry said.