September 17, 2025

Why the "Double Tax" is the Canary in the Economic Coal Mine We Need to Pay Attention to

1 hour 27 minutes

Today, I’m talking with Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, a writer and researcher as well as the youngest-ever recipient of the Women’s Human Rights Award by the UN Convention. Her new book, ⁠The Double Tax⁠, is out now. We covered:

(00:00): Intro

(07:45): Black women as the group whose economic progress (or stagnation) signals what’s coming for everyone else

(24:20): Beauty spending as an investment in respectability and social capital

(50:35): The study that explored hiring discrimination and what came out of it

(01:00:00): Why reputational damage is one of the only consistent levers of power that "the masses" can wield to force change

(01:04:00): The rational economic case for solidarity as the only way forward during crises

Our show is a production of Morning Brew and is produced by Henah Velez and Katie Gatti Tassin, with our audio engineering and sound design from Nick Torres. Devin Emery is President of Morning Brew content and additional fact checking comes from Scott Wilson.

Transcripts, show notes, resources, and credits will be available within a week at: ⁠https://moneywithkatie.com/the-double-tax.

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