Since the civil rights movement of the 1960s, public discourse on race relations has tended to focus on political and social inequality rather than the economic impact of racism. A Different Vision: Race and Public Policy redresses this imbalance. A Different Vision brings together for the first time, the ideas, philosophies and interpretations of North America’s leading African American economists. Presented in two volumes, each of the thirty-five chapters focuses on various aspects of the social and economic experiences of African Americans, past and present. The volumes thus present a unique perspective on the most important contemporary economic issues.