Why nations fail : the origins of power, prosperity, and poverty
Daron Acemoglu and James A. RobinsonNew York : Crown Publishers, c2012
xi, 529 p., [16] leaves of plates ; 25 cm.
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- Why are some nations rich and others poor? Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of the right policies? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is m
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- Preface : Why Egyptians filled Tahrir Square to bring down Hosni Mubarak and what it means for our understanding of the causes of prosperity and poverty
- So close and yet so different : Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora, have the same people, culture, and geography. Why is one rich and one poor?
- Theories that don't work : poor countries are poor not because of their geographies or cultures, or because their leaders do not know which policies will enrich their citizens
- The making of prosperity and poverty : how prosperity and poverty are determined by the incentives created by institutions, and how politics determines what institutions a nation has
- Small differences and critical junctures: the weight of history : how institutions change through political conflict and how the past shapes the present
- "I've seen the future, and it works" : growth under extractive institutio
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- ill., maps
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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