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Found 2 from your keywords: author="Acemoglu, Daron"
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Why nations fail: the origins of power, prosperity and poverty
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Acemoglu, DaronRobinson, James A.

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 Acemo…

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Ed. 1
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9781846684302
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529 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm
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330 ACE w
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
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Acemoglu, DaronRobinson, James A.

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 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 man-made p…

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ISBN/ISSN
9780307719225
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529 pages.: illus.; 21 cm
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330 ACE w