Weekend Economists Get a Little Drunk January 27-29, 2012

[Demeter]

4. SOME DEFINITIONS TO START

slavery (noun)

1. the state of being a slave: thousands had been sold into slavery
   
   
2. the practice or system of owning slaves: he was resolved to impose a number of reforms, including the abolition of slavery
   
   
3. a condition of having to work very hard without proper remuneration or appreciation: female domestic slavery
   
   
4. excessive dependence on or devotion to something: slavery to tradition
   

slave (noun)

1. (especially in the past) a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them: he killed the natives or turned them into slaves
   
   
2. a person who works very hard without proper remuneration or appreciation: by the time I was ten, I had become her slave, doing all the housework
   
   
3. a person who is excessively dependent upon or controlled by something: the poorest people of the world are slaves to the banks,she was no slave to fashion
   
   
4. a device, or part of one, directly controlled by another: (as modifier): a slave cassette deck