You loved Chain of Ideas by Ibram X. Kendi for its moral clarity and portable thesis—now let Heather McGhee arm you with the economic proof in The Sum of Us.

If you brandished Chain of Ideas for its portable thesis and moral clarity, McGhee hands you the solidarity dividend—a framework that weaponizes data and empathy in equal measure. She proves racism isn't just unjust; it's expensive for everyone, arming you with the empirical ammunition and memorable language you need to dismantle zero-sum thinking in real time. Like Kendi, she refuses diagnosis without remedy, threading policy prescriptions through vivid case studies so you walk away with both theory and implementation.

McGhee gives you fresh evidence and coalition playbooks Kendi didn't cover—new case studies, concrete civic models, and communicative strategies built to convert skeptics. This is the book you hand to colleagues who need convincing, not preaching.

She proves racism isn't just unjust; it's expensive for everyone.