Mises Wire
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Robert P. Murphy
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to show what it would mean to actually argue or demonstrate that slavery was an economically efficient method of production, which not only enriched those directly blessings. Framing the Issue To understand if slavery is an “efficient” method of economic organization, we have to ask the standard economist question: Compared to Edward E. Baptist One of the myths is that slavery was not fuel for the growth of the American economy, that it actually the brakes put on US growth. There’s