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Case 1: Forced Labor under Coercion
The Colonial Mita System of Forced Labor
The Mita was a system of forced labor employed by Spanish colonizers in Peru and Bolivia from 1573 to 1812 to work in mines. This system was an adaptation of a pre-colonial practice used by Inca rulers for public works projects like constructing roads and temples.
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Feasible Frontier in Case 1 vs. Baseline Case
The Colonial Mita System of Forced Labor
Historical Prevalence of Forced Labor
The Feasible Frontier and Allocations under Coercion (Figure 5.9)
In an economic model, a landowner has complete control over a worker. The landowner dictates the worker's hours, takes the entire output, and provides the worker with only a subsistence-level share of the harvest. The worker complies because the landowner has the credible ability and willingness to inflict severe harm if they refuse. What is the fundamental reason the landowner is able to enforce this extremely unequal distribution of the output?
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Mita Labor Requirements and Resulting Mortality
Lasting Effects of the Mita and the Atlantic Slave Trade
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The Spanish colonial Mita system was an adaptation of a pre-existing Inca practice. Which statement best analyzes the fundamental economic transformation of the Mita under Spanish rule?
Analyzing Long-Term Institutional Legacies
Evaluating the Transformation of the Mita System
The Spanish colonial Mita system was identical in purpose and application to the pre-colonial Inca Mita, with both systems primarily focused on extracting precious metals for international trade.
Match each characteristic to the system it describes: the pre-colonial Inca Mita or the Spanish colonial Mita.
Economic Purpose of the Colonial Mita System
From the perspective of the Spanish colonial administration, what was the most significant economic advantage of adapting the pre-existing Inca Mita system for labor in the mines, rather than creating an entirely new system of forced labor?
The Spanish colonial Mita system compelled a significant portion of the adult male population from designated communities to work for extended periods in distant mines. Considering the economic structure of these communities, what was the most significant and immediate consequence of this labor reallocation?
The Spanish colonial Mita system compelled designated communities to supply a quota of laborers for work in mines. From an economic standpoint, which of the following describes a key structural inefficiency of this system, specifically from the perspective of maximizing the long-term extraction of resources for the colonizing power?
Arrange the following events into the correct chronological and logical sequence to describe the transformation of the Mita system and its immediate economic impact.