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

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Informationen zum Autor Daron Acemoglu is the Killian Professor of Economics at MIT. He received the John Bates Clark Medal, and the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2024 for his work on global inequality. James A. Robinson is a political scientist and economist and the Florence Professor of Government at Harvard University, and a world-renowned expert on Latin America and Africa. He received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2024 for his work on global inequality. Klappentext 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 James A. Robinson show that to invest and prosper! people need to know that if they work hard! they can make money and actually keep it - and this means sound institutions that allow virtuous circles of innovation! expansion and peace. Based on fifteen years of research! and answering the competing arguments of authors ranging from Max Weber to Jeffrey Sachs and Jared Diamond! Acemoglu and Robinson step boldly into the territory of Francis Fukuyama and Ian Morris. They blend economics! politics! history and current affairs to provide a new! powerful and persuasive way of understanding wealth and poverty. Vorwort A provocative bestseller that explains why the world is divided into nations with wildly differing levels of prosperity Zusammenfassung Why are some nations more prosperous than others? This book 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. It explains why the world is divided into nations with wildly differing levels of prosperity....

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Authors Acemogl, Daro Acemoglu, Daron Acemoglu, Acemoglu Daron, Robinson, James Robinson, James A Robinson, James A. Robinson, Robinson James A.
Publisher Profile Books
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 31.03.2013
 
EAN 9781846684302
ISBN 978-1-84668-430-2
No. of pages 529
Dimensions 128 mm x 197 mm x 34 mm
Subjects Non-fiction book
Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics

Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General

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