Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

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Jeffrey Rogers Hummel is a professor of economics at San Jose State University. Send him mail.

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Jeffrey Rogers Hummel on the Economics of Slavery

Labor and WagesU.S. HistoryWar and Foreign Policy

12/04/2019Mises MediaRobert P. MurphyJeffrey Rogers Hummel

Jeffrey Rogers Hummel joins Bob Murphy for an in-depth discussion of the economics of slavery, touching on subtleties such as the labor/leisure trade-off, and the recent claims by some historians that slavery was efficient.

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If a Pure Market Economy Is So Good, Why Doesn't It Exist?

Free MarketsWorld HistoryOther Schools of ThoughtPolitical Theory

08/20/2019Mises Daily ArticlesEdward StringhamJeffrey Rogers Hummel

"Herein lies the key to changing society — changing public opinion or people's preferences toward government. And the only way people are likely to change their preferences is through education and persuasion; force is ineffective."