Cotton and Capitalism
Was America Built By Slaves?

Historians today say “yes.” But free men and women would have built it better and made it richer.

Appeared in: Volume 11, Number 5 | Published on: January 11, 2016
Paul DeRosa taught economics at Columbia and is a retired principal of Mt. Lucas, LLC.
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