"Six-hour dollar" circulation claim (DEBUNKED)

CTL-E-1344 · Institution · other · 1996–present (myth lifecycle)

Verified evidence grade of this record

The widely repeated statistic that a dollar circulates six hours in the Black community traces to a 1996 self-help book that names no study; debunked by Howard University's TruthBeTold and economist William Spriggs as an urban myth. Documented as a Disputed claim to prevent the merge step from treating it as evidence — the leakage campaigns are real; the number is not.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from ECON-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-ECON-001:ECON-002; source research type(s): disputed_claim.

Sources

moguldom.com (Nov 16, 2023; earlier fact-check)
CTL-DR-ECON-001 W5

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