Forced prison labor put downward pressure on wages at American companies, worsening inequality
by Cory Doctorow from on (#3MP0P)
In Economic Consequences of the U.S. Convict Labor System, UCLA economist Michael Poyker uses data on prisons and their surrounding areas from 1850 to 1950 to examine the role that free/extremely low-waged forced convict labor had on wages. (more")