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Social Sciences: A New World Of Differences, Nature
 









Excerpts: For richer, for poorer ¡X the countries of the Americas and those of
the Caribbean present stark contrasts in fortune. An explanation of those
contrasts invokes branching chains of cause and effect.  Both the countries of
North America (the United States and Canada) are twice as rich as the next
richest New World country (Barbados), and some 20 times richer than the poorest
(Haiti). The actual numbers are US$37,562, $30,677, $15,720 and $1,742,
respectively1, expressed here as annual per capita gross domestic product (GDP)
corrected for differences in purchasing power. Why are these differences so
vast, and can an understanding of the causes help the plight of the poor New
World countries? The answers are much debated by social scientists and
policy-makers.
Source: Social Sciences: A New World Of Differences[
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v441/n7092/full/441411a.html ], Shaun
Miller, Jared Diamond, Nature 441, 411-412, 06/05/25

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