SHAMUS KHAN AND ANGELA SIMMS PUBLISHED A PIECE ON THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN THE HUFFINGTON POST
Sociologist and Department Chair Shamus Khan co-authored a piece with sociologist Angela Simms (Barnard) on the impact of the government shutdown on communities of color for the Huffington Post.
Trump’s Shutdown Will Hit Black Americans The Hardest
By Angela Simms and Shamus Khan, Guest Writers
The Trump-initiated shutdown over the border wall will likely cost Americans hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars. Before the last proposed shutdown in December 2017, Standard & Poor’s estimated a shutdown would lose the U.S. economy about $6.5 billion per week and the 16-day shutdown in 2013 reduced gross domestic product (GDP) by about $24 billion. Given our economy’s current volatility, we can expect this shutdown to sock us even harder.
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