{"585881":{"#nid":"585881","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Faculty Talk: The Economics of Slavery, and Its Consequences by Juan Moreno-Cruz, Economics","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESlavery is one of the most tragic institutions in human history. \u0026nbsp;It has caused intense pain to people and societies around the world. \u0026nbsp;What are the origins of this institution? \u0026nbsp;Why has\u0026nbsp;it happened where it happened? \u0026nbsp;Economic history has taken a new causal approach to these questions trying to understand the fundamental forces that govern\u0026nbsp;this institution. \u0026nbsp;This causal understanding allows economists to understand the effects of slavery in today\u0026#39;s socio-economic outcomes. \u0026nbsp;In this lecture, Dr. Juan Moreno-Cruz presents some of the new insights developed in the last 10 years and highlights areas of future research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESlavery is one of the most tragic institutions in human history. \u0026nbsp;It has caused intense pain to people and societies around the world. \u0026nbsp;What are the origins of this institution? \u0026nbsp;Why has\u0026nbsp;it happened where it happened? \u0026nbsp;Economic history has taken a new causal approach to these questions trying to understand the fundamental forces that govern\u0026nbsp;this institution. \u0026nbsp;This causal understanding allows economists to understand the effects of slavery in today\u0026#39;s socio-economic outcomes. \u0026nbsp;In this lecture, Dr. Juan Moreno-Cruz presents some of the new insights developed in the last 10 years and highlights areas of future research.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E*Part of the Environmental Justice Series brought to you by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/serve-learn-sustain.gatech.edu\/environmental-justice-series\u0022\u003ECenter for Serve-Learn-Sustain\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The new causal understanding of slavery allows economists to understand the effects of slavery in today\u0027s socio-economic outcomes."}],"uid":"33457","created_gmt":"2017-01-11 19:25:01","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:13:21","author":"Yonatan Weinberg","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2017-02-21T11:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2017-02-21T12:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2017-02-21T12:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2017-02-21 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2017-02-21 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2017-02-21 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"477091","name":"Center for Sustainable Communities Research and Education"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}