History and Institutions Matter: The Postslavery Development of Jamaica and Barbados

Tags: Global Economy, Poverty

05/21/2022 Lipton Matthews

Why did Barbados postslavery develop a more robust economy than Jamaica even though the people had similar ethnic backgrounds?

Original Article: "History and Institutions Matter: The Postslavery Development of Jamaica and Barbados"

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