Professor Leonard Wantchekon speaks with Core Econ about the multi-generational culture of mistrust the Atlantic slave trade created and its lasting impact on economic cooperation. 

What we wanted to test is to look at the slave trade and its impact on trust today. Second to see whether this is driven by intergenerational transmission of mistrust, because those who were impacted directly basically taught their descendants not to trust anyone.

Leonard Wantchekon