Journal of Economic Literature Vol. 63 No. 2 2025
Kahrl, Andrew W. The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America
Abstract
Dania V. Francis of University of Massachusetts Boston reviews “The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America” by Andrew W. Kahrl. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Discusses the history of racialized tax structures and the predatory practices that flourished within them in the United States, tracing these structures and practices from the Reconstruction through the first two decades of the twenty-first century.”
- DOI
- 10.1257/jel.63.2.693.r4
- Volume
- 63
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 699-701
- Language
- en
- Sources
- crossref openalex