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Darrick Hamilton

Darrick Hamilton is a professor of economics and urban policy at The New School in New York

January 2020

  • Protesters carry signs and banners as they march down Wall Street in New York in 2012.

    Workers need a bold vision to bring about a more equitable society

    Darrick Hamilton and Kyle Strickland
    A race and gender conscious economic bill of rights is the answer to reverse extreme inequality

May 2019

  • Capitalism illustration

    Broken capitalism
    How to fix capitalism: nine expert solutions for America's broken system

    Steven Pearlstein, Heidi Shierholz, James P Ziliak, Lane Kenworthy, Oren Cass, Robert Doar, Isabel Sawhill and Abigail Wozniak, Nell Abernathy, Darrick Hamilton and Julie Margetta Morgan
    Discontent with America’s economic system is widespread, so could tax credits, transport subsidies or better childcare help? Or is capitalism not broken at all?

March 2018

  • Woman with son asleep

    Race still trumps class for black Americans

    Darrick Hamilton and Jennifer Cohen
    Academics Darrick Hamilton and Jennifer Cohen say a new study shows shocking inequality persists for black men and women despite their social background