The gang return this week with a special episode devoted the issue of diversity in economics, specifically Black representation and the fields relative silence in the face of upheavals we've seen this summer Rowan talks us through some of the survey research around the state of the field, and Warren sits down with Fadekemi Abiru - a female black economist and data scientist working in the UK - to discuss the issues and effects of Black representation in economics, bringing to life her own work informing social policy, and highlighting the great work of the Black Economists Network (TBEN) to expand representation and influence within the field. Fadekemi shouts out to Raj Chetty's impactful data charts: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/social-mobility-memos/2018/01/11/raj-chetty-in-14-charts-big-findings-on-opportunity-and-mobility-we-should-know/ As well as Mariana Mazzucato: https://marianamazzucato.com/ Be sure to follow TBEN: https://twitter.com/TheBlackEcon_ https://www.instagram.com/theblackecon_/ https://www.tben.co.uk/ Fadekemi writes for... Stears Business: https://republic.com.ng/author/f-abiru/ Republic: https://republic.com.ng/author/f-abiru/ Articles on Black representation and diversity in economics: https://qz.com/1492283/economics-has-a-crisis-of-diversity/ https://www.newsweek.com/economists-silence-racism-100-years-making-opinion-1509790 https://twitter.com/itsafronomics/status/1266714711913107456 https://www.niesr.ac.uk/blog/economics-after-slavery-and-george-floyd https://fortune.com/2020/06/19/black-economists-fixing-systemic-racism-juneteenth/ has-a-diversity-problem-starting-at-school-and-university-new-discovereconomics-campaign-launched.html">https://www.res.org.uk/resources-page/economics-has-a-diversity-problem-starting-at-school-and-university-new-discovereconomics-campaign-launched.html Also check out our podcast with Ifeoma Ozuma about her experience of discrimination, the importance of her work at Pinterest, and why diversity is so important to innovation and progress https://soundcloud.com/connectedanddisaffected/ep33-raj-final Like what you hear? Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/connectedanddisaffected Find us on Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/C_and_D_Podcast/ Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/canddpodcast?lang=en Join us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/connectedanddisaffected/ Subscribe on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2xVDd0NSp6gsh6Ku2odlop or find us on ITunes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conn…ed/id1244893114