Tag: Education

  • The Economics of Enslavement and Abolition (Juneteenth 2025)

    The Economics of Enslavement and Abolition (Juneteenth 2025)

    The following transcript was the basis for Distinguished Professor Walter D. Greason’s report on the work of the “History of Slavery”, “Faith and Black Resistance”, and “Economic Justice” committees for the New Jersey Reparations Council, a project of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. Our colleagues in presenting the history of enslavement in New…

  • George Zimmerman: The Emperor Joker (15 November 2024)

    George Zimmerman: The Emperor Joker (15 November 2024)

    PART I: Sage Series 5524.1 When George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin in 2012, President Barack Obama lamented the tragedy and Black activists began to organize an international movement called “Black Lives Matter.” In response, opponents of this movement created slogans like “All lives matter” and “Blue lives matter” to emphasize that the killing of Black…

  • Historians at the Movies (October 2020)

    Dr. Walter D. Greason Social media has changed the ways scholars approach the creation and distribution of knowledge in profound ways.  Facebook pages for new monographs reach thousands of readers within a few days. Instagram posts generate questions about content and methods across disciplinary boundaries. LinkedIn searches help new institutions find promising candidates faster than…

  • Asset Value in Mexico, 1800-2000

    Asset Value in Mexico, 1800-2000

    Unlike both the United States and Canada, Mexico (New Spain) represents the negative impacts of economic development over the last two centuries. While the macroeconomic patterns of absolute wealth growth are apparent, the concentration of this wealth in a single location (Mexico City) as well as the massive loss of natural resource capital (starting with…

  • Asset Value in Canada, 1800-2000

    While most of the advanced national economies around the world use the United States as a benchmark for commercial development, this commitment carries ideological baggage and methodological limitations that must be addressed. Asset value analysis reveals the social and geographic costs of macroeconomic theory, especially in the case of the United States. The contradictions of…

  • Asset Value in the United States, 1800-2000

    United States, 1800-2000 As demonstrated in “The American Economy” (2016), asset value analysis provides the tools to quantify the scope and scale of economic development in historical context. The initial world asset map revealed the concentrations of natural resources, physical infrastructure, and human capital around the world in 2012. The data sets demonstrating the evolution…