In the historical counterfactual where slavery is abolished in America 100 years earlier, how would the country be different today?
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@ModeledBehavior Poorer, weaker, and smaller.
@SethBurn how? Our income today is our labor, capital, laws, and institutions. Which would be weakened?
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@ModeledBehavior The issue is the staggering amount of production lost from 1765 (or 1776 if you prefer) through 1865. -
@SethBurn that's productivity that's long gone, why would it matter today? Plus, you think free people are less productive? - Show replies
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@ModeledBehavior@SethBurn I'd argue it'd be higher because more individuals would have been able to engage in consumption and saving.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ModeledBehavior Empire of Cotton does a good job of explaining how important slavery was to US production: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2014/12/empire_of_cotton_a_global_history_by_sven_beckert_is_a_great_history_of.html …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@ModeledBehavior It is VERY amusing that Becker mostly skips England's battle to end slavery there, but that is covered in other books.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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