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Bárbara J. Robles
Co-author of The Color of Wealth:
The Story Behind the U.S. Racial Wealth Divide

“We have seen the consequences of past government policies contributing to the ongoing economic distress in Latino communities in the U.S. Currently, the progressive policies enacted in the 1960s and 1970s to remedy barriers facing racial and ethnic communities are being overturned. These policies were meant to create economic and social justice for the disenfranchised. At issue now are policies that deny Latinos access to education, housing, and full participation in all aspects of economic life in the U.S. What contributes to this troubling wave of anti-family, anti-worker legislation is the focus on the color line and the ‘legitimacy’ of current immigrant populations in the U.S.”
-- from The Color of Wealth

Bárbara Robles joined the College of Public Programs at Arizona State University as an Associate Professor in August 2005. Previously, she held a faculty position at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin (January 1998-May 2005). She holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland-College Park with concentrations in Money and Banking and Econometrics. Robles held a position as an economist/revenue estimator for the U.S. Congress Joint Committee on Taxation (June 1995 to August 1997).

Her next book will be Rich Latino/Poor Latino: Wealth Inequality, Cultural Capital and Social Policy. She has presented at numerous academic conferences on Latino/a entrepreneurship, educational attainment and consumer patterns.

Her many publications include Women in the U.S.: An Economic Profile, Latina Microenterprises and the U.S.-Mexico Border Economy, and Credit, Money, and Production: Empirical Evidence.

She currently sits on the Board of Economic Advisors for the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and is a board member of United for a Fair Economy.