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It is well-established that the Conquest of the Americas by Europeans led to catastrophic declines in indigenous … populations. However, less is known about the conditions under which indigenous communities were able to overcome the onslaught of … than they started. We show that both indigenous settlement survival durations and population levels through the colonial …
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Non-Hispanic whites who do not have a college degree have experienced an increase in "deaths of despair" - deaths caused by suicide, drug use, and alcohol use. Yet, deaths of despair are proportionally largest among Native Americans and the rate of increase of these deaths matches that of...
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Der Bericht befasst sich mit der Wirtschaftslage und den Reformprozessen nach den Anschlägen vom 11. September in den Ländern Zentralasiens. Es wird dargestellt, welchen Stand die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung erreicht hat und welche Probleme in der zentralasiatischen Region bislang ungelöst...
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Der Bericht befasst sich mit der Wirtschaftslage und den Reformprozessen nach den Anschlägen vom 11. September in den Ländern Zentralasiens. Es wird dargestellt, welchen Stand die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung erreicht hat und welche Probleme in der zentralasiatischen Region bislang ungelöst...
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To arrest the spread of COVID-19, most countries have imposed some form of lockdown to ensure social distancing. For India, the lockdown was over four phases and over two months. While, the effectiveness of such a stringent measure is yet to be established, some estimates of the economic...
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For about three decades, the Japanese economy suffered a prolonged phase of economic stagnation but may have started, in late 2019, to emerge from this state with the implementation of Abenomics in late 2012 or early 2013. Abenomics consisted of “three arrows”, namely aggressive monetary...
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American Indians are the poorest group of people in the United States. The 300 Indian reservations located in the lower 48 states suffer from very high rates of poverty, unemployment, and substandard housing. This Article examines why this is so. The economic history of American Indians...
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The standard of living of First Nations is on average much lower than that of other Canadians, but some First Nations have achieved higher well-being than others.This paper is an investigation into the factors that promote prosperity for First Nations. We use the Community Well-being Index...
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