Why is such a false history of slavery taught in American schools?John Stossel (@JohnStossel):Many act as if slavery was a uniquely American crime.“One reason,” says author Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630), “is that a lot of black people survived here.”He argues that much of what Americans are taught about slavery is just wrong: https://t.co/GOQvqxPCZj ...

Industry Perspective - Economics is used to understand history and history is used to understand economics [1] - Joel Mokyr won this year's Nobel prize in economics [1]

RT Konstantin Kisin (@KonstantinKisin)Understanding history means confronting uncomfortable truths, not rewriting them. https://t.co/sLkVuPgxTZ ...