The Numbers Game and the Profitability of the British Trade in Slaves
研究了英国奴隶贸易的盈利能力，围绕市场竞争程度、利润率大小以及奴隶贸易对欧洲工业化的贡献三个争议维度展开讨论。
More than a century after its termination the slave trade in Africa remains a controversial topic. In particular, disputes continue to wax strong over the profitability of the Atlantic slave trade, on three major dimensions: first, the degree of competition characteristic of the market in slaves; second, the typical magnitude of the rate of profit achieved by enterprises engaged in the “peculiar” industry; third, the status of Eric Williams's hypothesis on the contribution of the slave trade to European industrialization.