Richard F. America Jr is an American economist who is emeritus Professor of the Practice in the

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. He was among the founders of the National Economic Association, and served as the Association's president in 1985. He was previously the associate director of Urban Programs at the

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, a lecturer at Stanford Business School, and a Senior Program Manager in the U.S. Small Business Administration. America was among the first economists to advocate for reparations to Black Americans.

Selected works

* America, Richard F., ed. The wealth of races: The present value of benefits from past injustices. No. 132. Praeger, 1990. * America, Richard F., and Bernard E. Anderson Moving ahead: Black managers in American business. McGraw-Hill, 1978. * America, Richard F., ed. Philanthropy and economic development. United Nations Publications, 1995. * America, Richard F. Paying the Social Debt: What White America Owes Black America. ABC-CLIO, 1993. * America Jr, Richard F. "What Do You People Want?." Harvard Business Review 47, no. 2 (1969): 103–112.

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