Economic Policy
The Joint Center’s Economic Policy Program identifies challenges and opportunities for advancing the economic status of Black communities. See below for research, analysis, and activities related to economic policy.
National Newspaper Publishers Association and More Black Outlets Covers Joint Center Report on African Americans’ Financial Status and Aspirations
The National Newspaper Publishers Association picked up our report Pessimism and Hope: A Survey of the Financial Status and Aspirations of Black Americans, which led to many Black news outlets…
Joint Center Releases New Data to Understand Financial Status and Aspirations of Black Americans
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 22, 2023 Contact: Chandra Hayslett, chandra@jointcenter.org Joint Center Releases New Data to Understand Financial Status and Aspirations of Black Americans Analysis finds that Black Americans have…
Joint Center Announces Data for Black America Project
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 15, 2023 Contact: Chandra Hayslett, chandra@jointcenter.org Joint Center Announces Data for Black America Project Research shop to shed light on structural inequities heightened by COVID for…
May 2023 FOCUS: Inside Black DC (Economic Policy)
Pessimism and Hope: A Survey of the Financial Status and Aspirations of Black Americans
For the report, Pessimism and Hope: A Survey of the Financial Status and Aspirations of Black Americans, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and NORC at the…
Joint Center Organizes ‘Tax Policy & Black Communities – Making the System Work for All of Us’ at ABFE 2023 Conference
The Joint Center organized two panel discussions for Harambee 2023, sponsored by the Association of Black Foundation Executives. Joint Center Vice President of Policy Jessica Fulton moderated the panel, Tax…
Joint Center Organizes ‘Black Philanthropy’s Role in Building Multiracial Democracy’ at ABFE 2023 Conference
The Joint Center organized two panel discussions for Harambee 2023, sponsored by the Association of Black Foundation Executives. Joint Center President Spencer Overton moderated the panel, Black Philanthropy’s Role in…
Joint Center Announces Tax Policy Advisory Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2023 Contact: Chandra Hayslett, chandra@jointcenter.org Joint Center Announces Tax Policy Advisory Committee Committee’s work will increase equity in federal tax policy and tax administrationWASHINGTON —…
April 2023 FOCUS: Inside Black DC (Economic Policy)
March 2023 FOCUS: Inside Black DC (Economic Policy)