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Why Nations Fail - The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Paperback) Loot Price: R399
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Why Nations Fail - The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Paperback)

Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson

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Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, or geography that determines prosperity or poverty? As Why Nations Fail shows, none of these factors is either definitive or destiny.

Drawing on fifteen years of original research, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is our man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or the lack of it). Korea, to take just one example, is a remarkably homogenous nation, yet the people of North Korea are among the poorest on earth while their brothers and sisters in South Korea are among the richest. The differences between the Koreas is due to the politics that created those two different institutional trajectories.

Acemoglu and Robinson marshal extraordinary historical evidence from the Roman Empire, the Mayan city-states, the Soviet Union, the United States, and Africa to build a new theory of political economy with great relevance for the big questions of today.

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Imprint: Currency
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 2013
First published: September 2013
Authors: Daron Acemoglu • James A. Robinson
Dimensions: 203 x 132 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 529
ISBN-13: 978-0-307-71922-5
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics
Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history
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LSN: 0-307-71922-7
Barcode: 9780307719225

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