Ideology, Government, and the American Dilemma

Robert Margo

No 411, Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Working Papers from Vanderbilt University Department of Economics

Abstract: This essay, written in honor of the economic historian Robert Higgs, surveys the economic history of African Americans from the end of slavery to the present day. This history, I argue, was largely one of convergence. However, convergence was not continuous but, rather, was punctuated by discontinuous changes in relative black status. Both ideology B prevailing views about race B and government played key roles in making change discontinuous.

Keywords: Racial Discrimination; Civil Rights Movement; Slavery; Institutional Change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 N11 N12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-01, Revised 2004-05
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