The involvement of the government in various aspects of the economy and education has become massive and heavy, leading to a need to question and re-evaluate certain decisions made at the founding of the country.
The lack of economic freedom and over-regulation in Africa is a major factor contributing to the region's poverty. Reforms need to be made to promote free markets and economic growth.
The speaker discusses the concept of building a life based on working with white people and the differing perspectives that can result from this experience between different individuals.
Historian Annette Gordon-Reed discusses the presidency of Andrew Johnson and how his views on reconstruction clashed with the radical Republicans. Johnson didn't realize that the newly freed black citizens needed a leg up to integrate into society, resulting in Southern states writing their new all white laws.
Black activists became allies of people like Frederick Douglass to fight for the end of the legal trade and institution of slavery in the United States. However, the invention of the cotton gin in the mid-1790s increased the economic value of slavery and prolonged the practice.