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 …

about the morality or long-term viability of slavery. It is unclear, however, whether such expressions of anti-slavery … that there was a change in elite rhetoric about slavery, initiated by Whig politicians in the mid-1830s seeking a campaign … issue in the South, in which anti-slavery rhetoric became linked to attempts by abolitionists to foment slave unrest, making …

didn't industrialization make the whole world rich--and why did it make large parts of the world even poorer? In <i …-century Europe, Clark shows that such institutions existed long before industrialization. He argues instead that these institutions … workforces that enable economic growth. For the many societies that have not enjoyed long periods of stability, industrialization …

subsequent economic performance are noted. The paper concludes that precocious British industrialization is much easier to …

industrialization have determined the development of nations. Presented in honor of Joel Mokyr—arguably the preeminent economic …