Slavery: The "Broken Window" of American Economic History

Slavery: The “Broken Window” of American Economic History

Tags: U.S. History

12/09/2020 Lipton Matthews

The “New Historians” can identify the ostensible economic prowess of slavery, but they have ignored the many unseen costs imposed by slave economies.

Original Article: “Slavery: The “Broken Window” of American Economic History“.

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