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Natural Disasters Widen Racial Wealth Gap
August 20, 2018
HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 20 -- Rice University issued the following news release:

Damage caused by natural disasters and recovery efforts launched in their aftermaths have increased wealth inequality between races in the United States, according to new research from Rice University and the University of Pittsburgh.

"Damages Done: The Longitudinal Impacts of Natural Hazards on Wealth Inequality in the United States" will appear in an upcoming edition of Social Prob . . .

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