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- Refutes claims that slavery aids economic growth and development
- Redefines and broadens the spectrum of unfree labor
- Succinct but historically and geographically comprehensive
- Uses the theory of externalities in lieu of standard neoclassical analysis
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Historians, economists, policymakers, and anti-slavery activists need no longer apologize for opposing the dubious benefits of unfree labor. Wright provides a valuable resource for exposing the hidden price tag of slaving to help them pitch antislavery policies as matters of both human rights and economic well-being.
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Book Title: The Poverty of Slavery
Book Subtitle: How Unfree Labor Pollutes the Economy
Authors: Robert E. Wright
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48968-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-48967-4Published: 06 February 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-48968-1Published: 20 February 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 302
Topics: Microeconomics, Labor Economics, Economic History