Slavery's Legacy & the Human Cost of Efficiency

Trevon Logan, a professor of economics at ‪@theohiostateuniversity‬, critically examines the notion of efficiency in the context of slavery, highlighting the human cost and inefficiency of forced labor in the Antebellum South. He argues that traditional economic models fail to account for the true human cost of slavery, focusing solely on output and profit while ignoring the lives and agency of the enslaved. Logan emphasizes the need to reevaluate historical narratives to fully understand the dehumanizing effects of slavery and its enduring impact on racial inequality today.

Watch the first part of this interview:    • Measuring the Danger of Segregation  

Learn more about his work at https://economics.osu.edu/people/loga...