The widening racial wealth gap: Why wealth is not color blind

The Assets Perspective: The Rise of Asset Building and its Impact on Social Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 99-121

  Shapiro, Thomas ^a   Meschede, Tatjana ^a   Osoro, Sam ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Heller School ^*  (United States)

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EID: 85008329681     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9781137384881     Document Type: Chapter

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