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Caitlin C. Rosenthal

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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
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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
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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The 1619 Project Unrepentantly Pushes Junk History

Nikole Hannah-Jones' new book sidesteps scholarly critics while quietly deleting previous factual errors.

by Phillip W. Magness via Reason on March 29, 2022

Drawing of people picking cotton at a plantation

A Few Random Thoughts on Capitalism and Slavery

Historian James Oakes offers a critique of the New History of Capitalism.

by James Oakes via The Economic Historian on September 28, 2020

Statue of Stonewall Jackson, on its side in slings and propped up by tires, in front of its graffiti-covered pedestal.

What the 1619 Project Got Wrong

It erases the fact that, for the first 70 years of its existence, the US was roiled by intense, escalating conflict over slavery – a conflict only resolved by civil war.

by James Oakes via Catalyst on December 17, 2021

How Slavery Shaped American Capitalism

The New York Times is right that slavery made a major contribution to capitalist development in the United States — just not in the way they imagine.

by John Clegg via Jacobin on August 28, 2019

Cover of "Empire of Necessity" featuring a painting of violence being wrought on enslaved men.

The Bleached Bones of the Dead

What the modern world owes slavery. (It’s more than back wages).

by Greg Grandin via Tom Dispatch on February 23, 2014

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