Abstract
The extractive industries play a central role in determining the social determinants of global health yet may not be a core subject of global health studies. This article describes how an undergraduate seminar in global health takes on questions and examples related to the “causes of causes” and challenges instructors to find a place for discussion of extraction of wealth, development, and health in their curricula.
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