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 If I recall correctly, http://www.amazon.com/Things-They-Dont-About-Capitalism/dp/1608193381 … looked at this counterfactual via England. 1% of GDP over 60 years.
@SethBurn don't usually find Ha-Joon Chang convincing, but ok interesting to know he tried this
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@ModeledBehavior In this case it wasn't rhetoric, but actual data. England really did ban slavery. :) -
@SethBurn and is he saying that today he's attributing the income diff between us and them to slavery? - Show replies
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