02375cam a22003735a 4500 27401 27372 016192036 EG-ScBUE 20190420112130.0 121010s2013 enkabf frb 001 0 eng d GBB2A5698 bnb 016192036 Uk 9781846684302 (pbk.) (WlAbNL)vtls006617334 StDuBDS eng StDuBDS WlAbNL Uk EG-ScBUE 330 ACE 22 Acemoglu, Daron. Why nations fail : the origins of power, prosperity, and poverty / Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson. London : Profile Books, 2013. xi, 529 p., [16] unnumbered p. of plates : ill., maps ; 20 cm. Originally published : 2012. Includes bibliographical references (pages [483]-509) and index. 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 man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or lack of it). Based on fifteen years of original research, Acemoglu and Robinson marshall historical evidence from the Roman Empire to the Soviet Union, from Korea to Africa, to build a new theory of political economy with great relevance for the big questions of today, including: China has built an authoritarian growth machine. Will it continue to grow at such high speed and overwhelm the West? Is America moving from a virtuous circle, in which efforts by elites to aggrandize power are resisted, to a vicious one that enriches and empowers a small minority? What is the most effective way to help move billions of people from the rut of poverty to prosperity? This book will change the way you look at--and understand--the world.--From American publisher description. Also issued online. Economics Political aspects. BUEsh 40362 Institutional economics. BUEsh Economic anthropology. BUEsh Economic history 1945- BUEsh 28315 Failed states. BUEsh BUEsh BUSECO GGEN April2019 Reading book Robinson, James A., 1960- ddc 0 0 ddc 0 0 Baccah MAIN MAIN 1ST 2019-04-20 Purchase 380.00 4 9 330 ACE 000044612 2025-10-22 00:00:00 2025-10-21 475.00 BB