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by Fred McKinney (Author)
This book analyzes nuances and shifts in the scarcity of resources across food, energy, housing, and healthcare in the United States between 2016 and 2025. Written by Fred McKinney, the book provides a chronological exploration of cultural moments that impacted macroeconomic policy in the United States during this period. The chapters in the book cover a range of important topics, including racial wealth gaps, crime, minority business development, sustainability, corporate supplier diversity, education policy, culture, and war.
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This book analyzes nuances and shifts in the scarcity of resources across food, energy, housing, and healthcare in the United States between 2016 and 2025. Written by Fred McKinney, the book provides a chronological exploration of cultural moments that impacted macroeconomic policy in the United States during this period.
The chapters in the book cover a range of important topics. These include racial wealth gaps, crime, minority business development, sustainability, corporate supplier diversity, education policy, culture, war, and more.
Fred McKinney is Cofounder of BJM Solutions, LLC, an economic consulting firm specializing in supplier diversity and minority business development. He earned his PhD in economics from Yale University. McKinney was an assistant professor at Brandeis University's Heller School and later became a full-time assistant professor at University of Connecticut. McKinney served as Carlton Highsmith Chair for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Quinnipiac University and Managing Director for MBE Executive Education at Tuck School of Business within Dartmouth College. McKinney worked at the White House Council of Economic Advisers in the Carter administration. He is CEO of GNEMSDC and publishes a recurring column with Hearst Newspapers.
Author Biography
Fred McKinney is the cofounder of BJM Solutions, LLC, an economic consulting firm specializing in supplier diversity and minority business development. Before earning his PhD in economics from Yale University, he was a junior economist for Carter's White House Council of Economic Advisers. McKinney served as an assistant professor at Brandeis University's Heller School, later joining the University of Connecticut as a full-time assistant professor. Between 2001 and 2015, McKinney served as CEO of the New England Minority Supplier Development Council. He subsequently became Managing Director of MBE Executive Education at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business. Between 2018 and 2021, he was Carlton Highsmith Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Quinnipiac University. McKinney is a columnist for Hearst Newspapers.
