US Economic History – A Valuable Lesson

Following a major faux pas by The Economist magazine, Chris Blattman of Columbia University addresses some very important issues related to the early economic development of the United States:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/09/05/what-the-economist-could-have-read-before-suggesting-that-u-s-slavery-wasnt-all-bad/