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15 Cents on the Dollar: Wealth Gap Between Black & White Americans, Explained

Season 2024 Episode 6254 | 18m 20s

Nearly 160 years later after the end of slavery in the U.S. the financial inequality between African Americans and their white peers remains stark, as our next guests lay out in their new book, "Fifteen Cents on the Dollar: How Americans Made the Black-White Wealth Gap." Co-authors Ebony Reed and Louise Story chart the history of racial wealth disparity through the eyes of seven Americans.

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Episode: S2026 E8082 | 55:50
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Alexander Stubb; Kelly Ann Shaw; Charlie Warzel
Episode: S2026 E8081 | 55:36
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Sen. Chris Coons; Jeremy Diamond; Lydia Polgreen; Noubar Afeyan
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Nic Robertson; Heather Conley; Sir Peter Westmacott; Kimberlé Crenshaw; Mike Gordon
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