colonialism
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Environment
Ripples of colonialism: Study says decarbonization strategies perpetuate human rights inequalities
Near the city of Lubumbashi, bags of crude cobalt hydroxide are awaiting overland transport to African ports before being shipped to China. Credit: Brandon Marc Finn, University of Michigan A University of Michigan study of a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo found that the processes required to decarbonize are repeating and recreating colonial-era inequalities. Researchers argue that…
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Other Sciences
This year’s Nobel Prize reveals problems in colonialism and economics
According to this year’s winners, Europeans settled in the poorest and least populated places and introduced institutions that contributed to long-term prosperity. Credit: Johan Jarnestad / Nobel Prize Support Activities Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for their seminal work on how institutions shape economic development. Some might say…
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