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Destin Jenkins

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The Bonds of Inequality: Debt and the Making of the American City
Destin Jenkins
2021
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Public Thinker: Destin Jenkins on Breaking Bonds

“What if we identified the politics of municipal debt as circumscribing political horizons and futures?”
by Destin Jenkins, Hannah Appel via Public Books on December 13, 2021

Debt and the Underdevelopment of Black America

How municipal debt contributed to the development of white America and underdevelopment of Black America.
by Destin Jenkins via Just Money on June 15, 2020
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The Fed Could Undo Decades of Damage to Cities. Here’s How.

The bond market has fueled vast inequities between cities and suburbs — especially in smaller locales.
by Destin Jenkins via Made By History on April 27, 2020

Thomas J. Sugrue on History’s Hard Lessons

On why he became a public thinker, the relationship between race and class, and his work in light of new histories of capitalism.
by Destin Jenkins, Thomas J. Sugrue via Public Books on April 2, 2019

Who Segregated America?

For all of its strengths, Richard Rothstein’s new book does not account for the central role capitalism played in segregating America's cities.
by Destin Jenkins via Public Books on December 21, 2017

The Racial Wealth Gap and the Problem of Historical Narration

The roots of inequality run a lot deeper than is often acknowledged.
by Destin Jenkins via Process: A Blog for American History on June 27, 2017
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