Funding White Supremacy w/ Bob Williams

Описание: Economist Robert B. Williams joins Steve Grumbine on Macro N Cheese to discuss how federal tax policies systematically expand the racial wealth gap and function as a modern, stealth engine of white supremacy.

The conversation centers on stratification economics—the study of how systems are designed to maintain hierarchies across generations—with a focus on wealth as the primary source of durable power. Williams argues that the modern racial wealth gap has tripled since the 1960s, not by accident, but through "malign neglect" and a series of federal "tax expenditures" (tax breaks, credits, and deductions) that exclusively benefit those who already have assets. He details 12 major tax breaks (e.g., mortgage interest deduction, capital gains exclusion, retirement savings incentives) that act as entitlements for the affluent, costing $1.4 trillion annually—more than Medicare—while being framed as universally available.

The discussion traces the racist origins of these policies to figures in the "Progressive Era" who were also architects of violent white supremacist campaigns, and examines how wealth begets more wealth through mechanisms like intergenerational support for education and favorable banking treatment. The episode is a powerful indictment of a system that is structurally opaque and designed to perpetuate racial and economic inequality.

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