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About the author
W. Kurt Hauser received BA and MBA degrees from Stanford University. He was the head of an investment management firm for most of his career. As an economist his work has been published in many news media including the
Wall Street Journal, the
Financial Times, and
Investors Business Daily, among others. He is the author of
Taxation and Economic Performance (Hoover Press, 1996); his research on the relationship among tax rates, federal government revenues, and economic growth has become known as Hauser's Law. He is a past chairman of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. For the past decade he has devoted his time to researching the origin, evolution, development, and ubiquity of global slavery.
Summary
Discusses slavery around the world, with research and firsthand stories that reframe slavery as a modern-day crisis, not a historical phenomenon or third-world issue. Identifying four types of slavery - chattel slavery, debt bondage, forced labour, and sex slavery - W. Kurt Hauser examines the efforts and failures of governments to address them.
