When you're calling the leading figures in a field not your own "older historians with a minority view," maybe you've outrun your own credentials.https://twitter.com/jasonintrator/status/1208570808836251650 …
The idea that "a broad claim...that is hard to substantiate by its nature" in the field of economic history is valuable by being a "bold hypothesis" notwithstanding elementary economic errors should horrify anyone who cares about scholarship.
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What "elementary economic errors" did you find in Desmond's essay?
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Phil Magness has walked through thishttps://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/1619-project-new-york-times-king-cotton-thesis/ …
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