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Spring 2019

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 34, Number 1

Categories: Spring 2019 | Native Americans

Liberty versus Bureaucracy on Native American Lands

Jordan K. Lofthouse, George Mason University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise34(1),2019,87–101LibertyversusBureaucracyonNativeAmericanLandsJordanK.LofthouseGeorgeMasonUniversity______________________________________________________AbstractOverthecourseofAmericanhistory,apervasiveadministrativestatehasemergedonNativeAmericanreservationsastheresultofuniqueinstitutionsthatgovernthoselands.Thefederaltrustresponsibilityandanelaborateweboffederal,state,andtribalpoliciesaffectthelibertiesandeconomicwell-beingofNativeAmericans.TheseuniqueinstitutionsimposehighcostsonindividualNativeAmericanswhentheytrytoengageinmosteconomicenterprises.ThispaperexploresthecomplexinstitutionalstructureofNativeAmericangovernancethatincreasespoverty,limitsentrepreneurship,andrestrictsindividuallibertyonafundamentallevel.Thepervasivenessofbureaucraticcontrolhasalsospurrednegativeformsofpoliticalentrepreneurship,erodedtheruleoflaw,andhamperedmarketsfromworkingefficiently.______________________________________________________JELCodes:D73,P48,H11,H77Keywords:NativeAmericans,liberty,politicaleconomy,bureaucracyI.IntroductionNativeAmericanssufferfromdisproportionatelyhighratesofpovertyandlowratesofentrepreneurship.NativeAmericansownprivatebusinessesatamuchlowerratepercapitacomparedtootherAmericans,andthebusinessestheyownproducelessincomeonaveragethanthoseofallotherracialgroups(Miller2001).Asof2010,28.4percentofAmericanIndiansandAlaskaNativeswereinpoverty,comparedto15.3percentfortheUnitedStates.ManyofthemostimpoverishedNativeAmericansliveonfederallyrecognizedreservations(USCensusBureau2011).ThepovertyonNativeAmericanlandsmaybeblamedlargelyonformalgovernancestructures,includinginefficientpropertyrightsregimesandexcessivebureaucraticgovernance(AkeeandJorgensen2014;AndersonandParker2008,2009;CornellandKalt2000;McChesney1990;ReganandAnderson2014;RussandStratmann2014).

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Title	Liberty versus Bureaucracy on Native American Lands
Authors/Creators:	Jordan K. Lofthouse, George Mason University
Year:	2019
Volume:	34
Number:	1
Pages:	87 - 101
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Native Americans, liberty, political economy, bureaucracy

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Lofthouse, Jordan K. / 2019. "Liberty versus Bureaucracy on Native American Lands." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 34(1): 87-101.