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Cato Weekly Podcast • August 19, 2022 

# The 1619 Project Deserves Consideration and Criticism 

The 1619 Project aims to deepen our understand of American slavery, while also attempting to reframe current debate about it. Despite its laudable goal to elucidate the complexities of that institution, it fails on a number of fronts according to Phil Magness, author of [*The 1619 Project: A Critique*](https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https://www.amazon.com/1619-Project-Critique-Phillip-Magness/dp/1630692018/___.YXAzOmNhdG9pbnN0aXR1dGU6YTpvOjQwY2ZjMGJkMDYyNjhmYWRiYTA5NDE4MDU3ZGY0ZjdmOjY6MmYyMjoxODcwMzlhMzA5OTEzMDNjNzdkYjhiNTFlNTVhNWQyMjY3YjYyMTA5NDlmZTA0NjY1NzMwMDNiZDMyZDQ4NzFhOmg6Rg).

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##### Phillip W. Magness 

Hayek Chair in Economics and Economic History, American Institute for Economic Research

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