Why Nations Fail Summary
Daron Acemoğlu

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  • Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty Summary & Study Guide

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

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty, by economists Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, is an attempt to answer one of economics' oldest and most important questions: why are some nations rich and others poor? After setting aside a number of common theories that answer the question with theories about geography, genetics and culture, the authors argue that the best explanation of the distribution of wealth in the...

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