Template:Did you know nominations/Baby bonds
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:37, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
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Baby bonds
... that a 2019 analysis by Naomi Zewde projects that baby bonds would reduce the racial wealth gap at the median from a factor of 16 to a factor of 1.4?Source: Naomi Zewde (2019). Universal Baby Bonds Reduce Black-White Wealth Inequality, Progressively Raise Net Worth of All Young Adults. https://doi.org/10.1177/0034644619885321
5x expanded by Jkolli (talk). Self-nominated at 23:26, 12 November 2020 (UTC).
5x expansion verified. New enough, long enough, neutrally written, well referenced, no close paraphrasing seen. No QPQ needed for nominator with less than 5 DYK credits.- The hook, however, is quite technical for our general readership. We also don't print names on the main page that are not linked to a Wikipedia article. Can you think of an easier to understand hook angle? The part about estimating reparations from slavery is quite interesting. Yoninah (talk) 21:54, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you so much for your review! I appreciate the feedback -- here are some alternate hooks that may be better.
- ALT1: ... that Morningstar estimated Senator Cory Booker's baby bonds proposal would cut the racial wealth gap in half? Source: Aron Szapiro, 2020 https://www.morningstar.com/articles/1003066/can-baby-bonds-shrink-the-racial-wealth-gap
- ALT2: ... that economists William Darity and Darrick Hamilton proposed the policy of baby bonds in 2010 as a mechanism to reduce the racial wealth gap? Source: Hamilton, Darrick; William Darity, Jr (2010-01-01). "Can 'Baby Bonds' Eliminate the Racial Wealth Gap in Putative Post-Racial America?"
Jkolli (talk) 04:57, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you, those are good alts. Please add a cite to the first paragraph under "American Opportunity Accounts Act" per Rule D2, and we can finish this up. Yoninah (talk) 17:42, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
