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Nature 441, 411-412 (25 May 2006) | doi:10.1038/441411a; Published online 24 May 2006
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Social sciences: A New World of differences
Shaun Miller1 & Jared Diamond1
Abstract
For richer, for poorer — 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.
- Shaun Miller and Jared Diamond are in the Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095-1524, USA.
Email: jdiamond@geog.ucla.edu; Email: smill24@gmail.com
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