Robert E. Weems Jr.
Volunteer History CommentatorRobert E. Weems Jr. is the Willard W. Garvey Distinguished Professor of Business History at Wichita State University.
His research specialty is African American business and economic history.
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Dr. Robert E. Weems Jr compares the collapse of the Nixon Administration due to the Watergate Scandal with the current state of the Trump Administration. -
The role of silver in the U.S. economy has evolved over time. Dr. Robert E. Weems Jr. gives some context in today's "Past and Present." -
In today's "Past & Present," Dr. Robert E. Weems, Jr. compares the mid-twentieth century "automation" movement with the growing influence of Artificial Intelligence in the American workplace. -
On today's Past & Present, commentator Dr. Robert E. Weems, Jr. compares Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” with previous U.S. government spending bills in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. -
On Past and Present, Dr. Robert E. Weems Jr. explores the historical evolution of curriculum on college and university campuses. -
On this week's Past and Present, Dr. Robert Weems says a recent order from Donald Trump undoes a long federal tradition of supporting nonwhite entrepreneurship. -
In this episode of Past and Present, Dr. Robert E. Weems, Jr. suggests that the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 demonstrates that Donald Trump’s contemporary call for a variety of tariffs will end disastrously for the United States. -
The looming mass deportation of undocumented Hispanics is not the first time in American history when perceived undesirables were relocated. Dr. Robert E. Weems, Jr. tells us more on Past and Present. -
In this episode of Past and Present, Dr. Robert E. Weems, Jr. links the important 1955 Bandung Conference with the activities of the "BRICS" nations today. -
In this episode of Past and Present, Dr. Robert E. Weems Jr. examines historic and contemporary manifestations of American nativism.
