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Why nations fail

Paperback • 2018 • English • 1. edition

Why nations fail: the origins of power, prosperity and poverty

By Acemoglu, Daron

11 Ratings • 4.8 of 5

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About the book

Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012. Why are some nations more prosperous than others? Why Nations Fail sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down to climate, geography or culture, but because of institutions. Drawing on an extraordinary range of contemporary and historical examples, from ancient Rome through the Tudors to modern-day China, leading academics Daron Acemoglu and Jam...Show more

Macroeconomics

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9781846684302

Publisher

Profile Books

Published year

2018

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Why nations fail

Format

Paperback

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