Native-Americans suffer from what is known as the Asterix problem: Their numbers are too small to have a major macroeconomic impact, and thus their plight as a minority is often ignored. "This section of our population has been invisible — [seen as] too small or insignificant,” Patrice Kunesh, director of the Minneapolis Fed's Center for Indian Country Development, told Business Insider. During 2011-2015, the share of American Indian men ages 16-64 who were without jobs was 49%, compared...
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