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281 The Business of Slavery

Published: Aug. 25, 2020, 5 a.m.

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We live in an age where big businesses track our shopping habits and in some cases our work habits. But is the age of data new? When did the \\u201cage of the spreadsheet\\u201d and quantification of habits develop?\\u2028

Caitlin Rosenthal, an Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley and the author of Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management, leads us on an investigation into the origins of how American businesses came to collect and use data to manage their workers and their pursuit of profits.

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