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A photograph of enslaved laborers picking and carrying cotton in a field near Montgomery, Alabama.

Capitalism, Slavery, and Power over Price

The debate between historians and economists over the definition of capitalism, and the legacy of slavery in the structure of today's economy.

by Caitlin C. Rosenthal, Johnny Fulfer via The Economic Historian on August 3, 2020

African American sharecropping children in a field with bags of cotton.

The Perils of Big Data: How Crunching Numbers Can Lead to Moral Blunders

As history shows, efficiency without ethics can be catastrophic.

by Caitlin C. Rosenthal via Made By History on February 18, 2019

How Slavery Inspired Modern Business Management

The connections between the two systems of labor have been persistently neglected in mainstream business history.

by Caitlin C. Rosenthal via Boston Review on August 17, 2018

Black family sitting around log cabin, possibly in Florida, 1892.

Plantations Practiced Modern Management

Slaveholding plantations of the 19th century used scientific management techniques—and some applied them more extensively than factories.

by Caitlin C. Rosenthal, Scott Berinato via Harvard Business Review on September 1, 2013

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