Episode 316: Slavery, Capitalism, and The 1619 Project, Pt. 1
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Slavery Is Antithetical to Capitalism
Hannah Jones and company are using the word capitalism in a way that economists don't. Most economists would refer to slavery as mercantilism, which is associated with free labor. No one in the 19th century would look at slavery and say this is the essence of capitalism.
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