Synapse
⌘+K
Synapse
PulseExploreClubsResearchersJournals
Instagram
HomeClubsExplore
September 2, 2026Journal of Economic Literature

Williams, Robert B. Funding White Supremacy: Federal Wealth Policies and the Modern Racial Wealth Gap

View Full Paper
Ask AI
Bookmark
Share

Authors

VBVicki L. BoganDuke University

Discussion

Loading...

Member takes

Implication

Economic review uncovers mechanisms driving the racial wealth gap in the United States, indicating federal policies reinforce systemic economic hierarchy.

Key Points

  • Investigate the primary drivers behind the widening racial wealth gap over the last half-century and evaluate how the economic system sustains racial hierarchy.
  • Conducted an economic literature and policy review of federal wealth accumulation frameworks.
  • Evaluated historical and modern economic mechanisms spanning 50 years to trace patterns of racial wealth reproduction.
  • Demonstrates that federal wealth policies actively drive and widen the racial wealth gap over time.
  • Shows that contemporary economic structures systematically reproduce racial hierarchies and economic domination.

Cite This Study

Vicki L. Bogan (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97e25ec562ede874ec6864https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.64.3.1058.r8
View Full Paper
Ask AI
Bookmark
Share

Also Consider

Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context:

  1. 1The Role of Housing in the Racial Wealth Gap, 1992–20222026
  2. 2Setting the Record Straight on Racial Wealth Inequality2024 · 33 citations
  3. 3Housing Market Appreciation and the White-Black Wealth Gap2024 · 6 citations
  4. 4How the Purportedly Unpaid Wages of Whiteness Explain Support for the Criminalization of Knowledge2025
  5. 5How the Purportedly Unpaid Wages of Whiteness Explain Support for the Criminalization of Knowledge2025