The Widening Wealth Gap: How The Recession And Jobless Recovery Are Affecting Hispanic Households

Hispanic households have less than ten cents for every dollar in wealth owned by White households. This situation is worse than just a few years ago as the net worth of Hispanics was higher in the years leading into the 2001 recession. A similar picture emerges for Black households in recent years.Meanwhile, the wealth of White households continued to grow.

How did this happen? How should we respond? What's the message to policymakers?

Hear these and other questions discussed by the report's author, as well as by the one nation's leading advocates for Hispanics.

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Location

The New America Foundation
1630 Connecticut Ave., NW 7th Floor
Washington, DC, 20009

Participants

• Rakesh Kochhar
  Senior Research Associate, Pew Hispanic Center and Author, The Wealth of Hispanic Households: 1996-2002


• Eric Rodriguez
  Director, Policy Analysis Center, National Council of La Raza (NCLR)