The Half Has Never Been Told — Slavery, Violence, and Capitalist Growth (Audio)
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world — one book at a time.
This episode explores The Half Has Never Been Told by Edward E. Baptist as a systems-level analysis of how American slavery fueled economic expansion through coerced labor, financial innovation, and territorial growth.
By focusing on structural incentives rather than individual morality, the book reveals how violence became embedded in productivity, how enslaved people were converted into financial instruments, and why these dynamics remain obscured in conventional economic histories.
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