Legacies of Atlantic slavery

http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21698805-one-about-hold-elections-other-has-not-had-proper-government-months

Your framing of history always becomes political

I think you can see the basic framework of our class being discussed here:
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/86c8faa8-1696-11e6-9d98-00386a18e39d.html

Great quote find

Hat/tip to Toren for this one:

"Slavery did not end because everyone became moral," he says. "The reason slavery ended is because we had an industrial revolution that made man's muscles obsolete. For the last 150 years, the economy has been based on man's mind. Capitalism, it turns out, works better when people are chasing a carrot rather than being hit with a stick. 

Found here: http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-george-hotz-self-driving-car/

Remember yellow fever from earlier lectures?

http://www.economist.com/news/international/21698597-unwelcome-resurgence-outbreak-yellow-fever-angola-could-go-global