PPT-American Slavery and Inequality

Profits of Plantations John Rolfes January 1620 Letter About the latter end of August a Dutch man of Warr of the burden of about 160 tunes tons arrived at PointComfort the Commandors. Artemus Ward. Dept. of Political Science. Northern Illinois University. aeward@niu.edu. http://www.niu.edu/polisci/faculty/profiles/ward. /. Introduction. During the early years of the nation, abolitionists criticized the . a primer. Francisco H. G. Ferreira. The World Bank. “New Challenges to Growth and Productivity”. The Growth Dialogue / G-24 Conference. 25 September 2013. The question. How are . economic growth . st. century policy. Branko. . Milanovic. March 2011. Email: . bmilanovic@worldbank.org. Based on the book . Worlds Apart. , 2005 . and . The Haves and the Have-Nots. , 2010 and other . updates. Main points. By Tanya Maria Golash-Boza. . Earning and Labor Market Inequality Represents a Large Gap . “… in 2013, the United States had more income inequality than Mexico … inequality is mapped on race and gender lines” (p. 237). This week in 2016. This week in 2016. This week in 2016. $889,000,000. +11%. Parties, Elections and Inequality. What is the class / income basis of parties. See last week. Why do pundits say rich (blue state) voters are D & poor (red state) voters are R?. Why It Is Important. Marriage’s Role in Society. “The well-being of the individual person and of human and Christian society is intimately linked with the healthy condition of that community produced by marriage and family” -- . . Wealth Management Profession. Brooke . Harrington, PhD. Associate Professor. Copenhagen Business School. Global wealth inequality. We are living in a world of historic extremes. . Why wealth inequality matters. Dr Max Price. Vice-Chancellor. University of Cape Town. OUTLINE. Examine trends post-apartheid (since 1994). Income inequality. Overall, by race, by gender. Poverty . Overall, by race, by gender. Composition of income and impact of social grants. Twenty-First . Century. Joseph E. Stiglitz. International Economic Association World Congress. Mexico City. June 2017. What is to be explained?. Enormous increase in inequality in income and wealth over past third of a century. American slavery was rooted in both . racism. & . economic. . exploitation. and depended on . brutal repression . for its survival.. Slavery remained a cancer on American democracy; a moral outrage that mocked our nation’s claim to be a model of social & political enlightenment. 1820-1860. The South and the Slavery Controversy. Chapter 16. I. Cotton is King. After Revolution slavery faced an uncertain future, it was logical to think slavery would fade away. Invention of the cotton gin in 1793 changed that. Previously. The demand for each factor of production is a derived demand that stems from a firm’. s desire to supply a good in another market.. Labor markets reconcile the forces of demand and supply into a wage signal that conveys information to both sides of the market.. Causes and Consequences. Eshragh Motahar. Fall 2016. Introduction. What do we mean by inequality. Income (pre-tax, post-tax), Wealth. Is it inevitable. Historical context. What is new?. Why should we care about it . Recap and Conclusions. Martin . Ravallion. Georgetown University. (Reading: EOP Conclusions). Recap. The course has introduce you to the main past and present . debates about poverty and inequality in the world. .