CS 055: My President Was Black, My Pockets Were Flat feat. Matt Bruenig (@mattbruenig) and Ryan Cooper (@ryanlcooper) (12/17/2017)

Summary: Support the show and get double the episodes by subscribing to bonus episodes for $5/month at <a href="http://patreon.com/champagnesharks">patreon.com/champagnesharks</a>.  Also, remember to review and rate the podcast in Itunes: <a title="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/champ…d1242690393?mt=2" href="https://exit.sc/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fpodcast%2Fchamp%E2%80%A6d1242690393%3Fmt%3D2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/champ…d1242690393?mt=2</a>.<br> <br> This episode we have Ryan Cooper (<a href="http://twitter.com/ryanlcooper">http://twitter.com/ryanlcooper</a>) and Matt Bruenig (<a href="http://twitter.com/mattbruenig">http://twitter.com/mattbruenig</a>) discussing their paper "Destruction Of Black Wealth During The Obama Presidency" <a href="https://peoplespolicyproject.org/2017/12/07/destruction-of-black-wealth-during-the-obama-presidency/">https://peoplespolicyproject.org/2017/12/07/destruction-of-black-wealth-during-the-obama-presidency/</a>.<br> <br> * Ryan's articles at The Week: <a href="http://theweek.com/authors/ryan-cooper">http://theweek.com/authors/ryan-cooper</a><br> * "Why leftists don't trust Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, and Deval Patrick" by Ryan Cooper <a href="http://theweek.com/articles/715955/why-leftists-dont-trust-kamala-harris-cory-booker-deval-patrick">http://theweek.com/articles/715955/why-leftists-dont-trust-kamala-harris-cory-booker-deval-patrick</a><br> * My article in response to the liberal backlash against Ryan's article, 'The Centrist Smear: The Five Steps Liberals Take to Undermine Leftist Critique" <a href="https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/08/the-centrist-smear-the-five-steps-liberals-take-to.html">https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/08/the-centrist-smear-the-five-steps-liberals-take-to.html</a><br> * Matt Bruenig's think tank, People's Policy Project <a href="https://peoplespolicyproject.org/">https://peoplespolicyproject.org/</a><br> * "Yes She Can: Why Hillary Clinton will do more for black people than Obama" by Michael Eric Dyson <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/124391/yes-she-can">https://newrepublic.com/article/124391/yes-she-can</a><br> * Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama by David J. Garrow <a href="http://amzn.to/2BUe5Yq">http://amzn.to/2BUe5Yq</a><br>