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• Capitalism Isn’t Racist. We Are.

  James Bessen quoted in WBUR on the effects of systemic racism on wage inequalities.

• How Salary History Bans Help Combat the Race and Gender Pay Gap

  James Bessen, Erich Denk, and Chen Meng cited in Ms. on the effects of salary history bans on the wages of women and Blacks.

• Stop Asking Job Candidates for Their Salary History

  James Bessen, Erich Denk, and James Kossuth, in Harvard Business Review on why employers should stop asking applicants about their salary histories, even without a formal salary history ban.

• Salary History Bans Help Narrow Racial, Gender Wage Gaps

  James Bessen interviewed in The Brink on the effects of salary history bans on wages for women and Blacks.

• How Salary History Bans Can Raise Wages for Female and Black Workers

  James Bessen quoted in NPR Marketplace on the effects of salary history bans on women and Blacks.

• A Worker’s Past Pay Shouldn’t Dictate Future Earnings

  James Bessen, Erich Denk, and Chen Meng cited in Bloomberg for their working paper showing the effect of salary history bans on Blacks and women.

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