The US Treasury Requires Your Service

The annual report of the US Treasury was recently published. It’s a financial report, written from the perspective of a treasurer (go figure). A few big take aways…

Evolving the Talented Tenth, to Become a Talented Majority

In the years just after the Civil War’s Reconstruction, scholars debated how to achieve economic progress for the American slave and their descendants.

Obama’s Investment Advice: A Record Breaking 277% ROI

President Obama was a God-send for economically disadvantaged people who simply listened to his corporate guidance and policy perspectives, and were willing to align their investments with the markets he favored.

“Peak Philanthropy” and Other Contributors to the Great Migration

Philanthropists of the 19th century may have single-handedly increased median income and wealth among the poorest quartile of American households and did more to close sociological wealth gaps, by financing major events and institutions impacting the progress and history of the American slave and their descendants.