In this episode we talk to Valerie Wilson, director of the Economic Policy Institute’s Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy (PREE). Valerie sits down with Dedrick to discuss her background in the economics field and her interest in race & economics. Valerie also discusses her latest report Black-white wage gaps expand with rising wage inequality which shows that inequality continues to increase and that the gap is widening faster for those with more education and discusses some possible policy solutions for this widening gap.Please sign up for EPI's newsletter for updates and reports on wage gaps, estimates and unemployment:http://www.epi.org/Follow EPI on Twitter: @EconomicPolicy