How Violence Limits Economic Activity
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How Violence Limits Economic Activity
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How Violence Limits Economic Activity
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Between 1870 and 1940 — a time period that included the Second Industrial Revolution and the outbreak of Jim Crow laws — only 726 patents were filed by African-Americans. Economist Lisa Cook calculated that number would have much higher, were it not for racial discrimination and violence against African-Americans.
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