The New York Times is wrong about Haiti
&gt; In fact, economists believe at best slavery did not provide any growth benefits over free labor and at worst it impeded America&#x27;s economic development.<p>I don&#x27;t know if this is true or not, but like this article I imagine the NYT is going to publish pro-reparations articles, and so wouldn&#x27;t want to indulge this sort of even-handed thinking.