Ep. 71 Mark Thornton on How Government Propped Up Slavery in the American South
https://www.bobmurphyshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Thornton.jpg ()Economic historian Mark Thornton has published several peer-reviewed articles on the economics of slavery in the American South. In this episode, he and Bob discuss the various ways in which government intervention propped up slavery and masked its inefficiency. . . . Mentioned in the Episode and Other Links of Interest: Two of Mark Thornton’s (co-authored) journal articles on slavery: https://ideas.repec.org/a/kap/atlecj/v29y2001i3p330-340.html (one) and https://www.independent.org/pdf/tir/tir_14_01_4_thornton.pdf (two). https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/08/how-slavery-shaped-american-capitalism (Jacobin magazine) on slavery and capitalism in the United States. https://mises.org/wire/left-argues-slavery-was-economic-blessing-heres-why-they-are-wrong (Bob’s mises.org article) on slavery and capitalism. How http://bobmurphyshow.com/contribute (you can contribute) to the Bob Murphy Show. The audio production for this episode was provided by https://www.podsworth.com/ (Podsworth Media).