[LS]

More neo-Confederate goofiness, from a once-great economist. Note that the authors cannot get their "research" in a reputable journal such as Journal of Economic History or American Economic Review, which, believe me, will take ANYTHING that passes muster with the #s.

Yah, tariff revenues were real important. Oh, that slavery stuff, who cared about that? These guys are in denial worse than the Democratic National Committee.

[Lee_Atwater]

I was always under the impression that Economic Inquiry was a reputable journal. It is certainly not JPE, however.

[GOPcapitalist]

Note that the authors cannot get their "research" in a reputable journal such as Journal of Economic History or American Economic Review, which, believe me, will take ANYTHING that passes muster with the #s.

What in the world are you talking about? Economic Inquiry is the OUP's journal for economics. I haven't heard of any reason to question it's reputation, and its been around for 40 years now. It seems to me that you are attempting to discredit an article you have not read in a publication you know little about by calling it names, and all because you don't want to hear what the article concludes.