Unlocking the Wealth of Indian Nations
Contributions by Terry L. Anderson, Ann M. Carlos, Christian Dippel, Dustin Frye, D. Bruce Johnsen, André Le Dressay, Bryan Leonard, Frank D. Lewis, Robert J. Miller, Peter H. Nickerson, Dominic P. Parker, Shawn Regan, John Reid, Matthew Rout, Randal R. Rucker, Jacob W. Russ, Thomas Stratmann Edited by Terry L. Anderson
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Publication date:
10 June 2016Length of book:
328 pagesPublisher
Lexington BooksISBN-13: 9781498525688
Most American Indian reservations are islands of poverty in a sea of wealth, but they do not have to remain that way. To extract themselves from poverty, Native Americans will have to build on their rich cultural history including familiarity with markets and integrate themselves into modern economies by creating institutions that reward productivity and entrepreneurship and that establish tribal governments that are capable of providing a stable rule of law. The chapters in this volume document the involvement of indigenous people in market economies long before European contact, provide evidence on how the wealth of Indian Nations has been held hostage to bureaucratic red tape, and explains how their wealth can be unlocked through self-determination and sovereignty.
The comparative development of the American Indian Nations provides an unrivaled natural experiment with enormous relevance to social scientists. This volume isn't therefore just a practical agenda to help some of the most marginalized people in the US, it's also an important intellectual milestone.