Optimist Economy
Optimist Economy
Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi
An Elegy for the DEI Boogeyman
30 minutes Posted Mar 25, 2025 at 12:17 pm.
Introduction
Pitch Session: The Irish Wake for DEI
Executive Orders: No Logos Law and Repeal President's Day
Spiritual Sponsors: Doechii and Chappell Roan
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Rapidly changed government and corporate policies mean the era of DEI is coming to a screeching halt. But gross racial discrimination in the U.S. labor market persists. Just one example: The black unemployment rate is almost always double the white unemployment rate. In this episode we muddle through what can be said about DEI now at its funeral that wasn’t said during its lifespan.

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