This commentary focuses on the underexplored links between housing disadvantage, homelessness, and modern slavery. Despite significant anecdotal evidence, there is a pressing need for proper theorisation of connections situation vulnerability to combats this lacuna by focusing four types (un)housing: safehouses, social housing, private rented sector. While each site has its own relationship sla...

The essay considers the claim that slavery played a leading role in acceleration of US economic growth nineteenth century. Although popular among pro-slavery apologists, proposition fails under rigorous historical scrutiny. slave South discouraged immigration, underinvested transportation infrastructure, and failed to educate majority its population. It is not even clear region produced more co...

Recent years have seen a renewed focus on labor standards in the supply chain, prompted by legislation that requires firms to provide an account of their efforts combat modern slavery. However, as common problem non-financial disclosure regulation, companies can decide extent and content reporting, which could potentially result merely symbolic disclosures with little substance. We examine subs...