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The Poverty of Slavery: How Unfree Labor Pollutes the Economy
Professor Robert E (University Of Virginia) Wright
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Description for The Poverty of Slavery: How Unfree Labor Pollutes the Economy
paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCC; KCF; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
This ground-breaking book adds an economic angle to a traditionally moral argument, demonstrating that slavery has never promoted economic growth or development, neither today nor in the past. While unfree labor may be lucrative for slaveholders, its negative effects on a country’s economy, much like pollution, drag down all members of society. Tracing the history of slavery around the world, from prehistory through the US Antebellum South to the present day, Wright illustrates how slaveholders burden communities and governments with the task of maintaining the system while preventing productive individuals from participating in the economy.
Historians, economists, policymakers, and anti-slavery ... Read more
This ground-breaking book adds an economic angle to a traditionally moral argument, demonstrating that slavery has never promoted economic growth or development, neither today nor in the past. While unfree labor may be lucrative for slaveholders, its negative effects on a country’s economy, much like pollution, drag down all members of society. Tracing the history of slavery around the world, from prehistory through the US Antebellum South to the present day, Wright illustrates how slaveholders burden communities and governments with the task of maintaining the system while preventing productive individuals from participating in the economy.
Historians, economists, policymakers, and anti-slavery ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Switzerland
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319489674
SKU
V9783319489674
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99-15
About Professor Robert E (University Of Virginia) Wright
Robert E. Wright is the Nef Family Chair of Political Economy at Augustana University, USA. He has co/authored or co/edited two dozen books on US economic history and policy, including Corporation Nation, Fubarnomics, and One Nation Under Debt. He has served on the board of Historians Against Slavery, an NGO, since 2012.
Reviews for The Poverty of Slavery: How Unfree Labor Pollutes the Economy
“Wright’s book ought to be considered as the synthesis of an underappreciated analytical tradition regarding the broader economic consequences of slavery.” (EH.Net, May, 2018)