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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

Paperback • 2013 • English

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

By Daron Acemoglu

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Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Otherwise, how to explain why Botswana has become one of the fastest growing countries in the world, while other...Show more

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9780307719225

Publisher

Crown Business

Published year

2013

Language

English

Original title

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

Format

Paperback

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