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Jun 2021
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Fanta Traore: Sadie Alexander Received h...

INSTITUTE FOR NEW ECONOMIC THINKING (INET)
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Fanta Traore, the CEO of the Sadie Collective, in an ode to Alexander’s legacy, is leading the next generation of Black women economists in the pursuit of social change 
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