What sustains slavery, and why at critical junctures—the fall of the Roman Empire, the early modern expansion of … between free and servile labor? Why has slavery usually been ended by legal prohibition rather than voluntary abandonment? An … extremely simple dual-equilibrium picture can illuminate how, when, and with whose support slavery is introduced or abolished …

The article analyzes some recent episodes concerning slavery-like practices and human trafficking reports. The problem … the international covenants concerning slavery and its unethical aspects, a sociological explanation of the phenomenon … environment, we will try to understand the «social functions» of slavery today. The structure of modern society is the result of a …

early-twentieth centuries. The existing historiography has tended to emphasize a cultural or religious basis for slavery in …

We investigate the effect of slavery on the current level of income inequality across US counties. We find that a … races. We also show that a crucial channel of transmission from slavery to racial inequality is human capital accumulation …, i.e., current inequality is primarily influenced by slavery through the unequal educational attainment of blacks and …

A new concern is beginning to gain notoriety in society: human trafficking. This issue, which can result in slavery …

paternalism and on its consistency with his views on individual liberty. Mill consistently opposed slavery as an iniquity. However …