The Resource Why Nations Fail : The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty, (electronic resource)
Why Nations Fail : The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012. 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (544 pages)
- Contents
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- CONTENTS; Preface ; 1. So Close and Yet So Different ; 2. Theories That Don't Work ; 3. The Making of Prosperity and Poverty ; 4. Small Differences and Critical Junctures: The Weight of History ; 5. "I've Seen the Future, and it Works": Growth Under Extractive Institutions; 6. Drifting Apart ; 7. The Turning Point ; 8. Not on Our Turf: Barriers to Development ; 9. Reversing Development ; 10. The Diffusion of Prosperity ; 11. The Virtuous Circle ; 12. The Vicious Circle ; 13. Why Nations Fail Today ; 14. Breaking the Mold ; 15. Understanding Prosperity and Poverty ; Acknowledgments
- Bibliographical Essay and Sources References ; Index
- Isbn
- 9781847654618
- Label
- Why Nations Fail : The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty
- Title
- Why Nations Fail
- Title remainder
- The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012. 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
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- Acemoglu, Daron
- Dewey number
- 909
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
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- Robinson, James A
- Series statement
- ProQuest Ebook Central
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- Economic history
- Economic anthropology
- Economic history
- Economics
- Failed states
- Institutional economics
- Poverty
- Revolutions
- Developing countries
- Developing countries
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- Why Nations Fail : The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty, (electronic resource)
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- Contents
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- CONTENTS; Preface ; 1. So Close and Yet So Different ; 2. Theories That Don't Work ; 3. The Making of Prosperity and Poverty ; 4. Small Differences and Critical Junctures: The Weight of History ; 5. "I've Seen the Future, and it Works": Growth Under Extractive Institutions; 6. Drifting Apart ; 7. The Turning Point ; 8. Not on Our Turf: Barriers to Development ; 9. Reversing Development ; 10. The Diffusion of Prosperity ; 11. The Virtuous Circle ; 12. The Vicious Circle ; 13. Why Nations Fail Today ; 14. Breaking the Mold ; 15. Understanding Prosperity and Poverty ; Acknowledgments
- Bibliographical Essay and Sources References ; Index
- Control code
- u391001
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (544 pages)
- Form of item
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
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- 9781847654618
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- EBL1743163
- (OCoLC)973231451
- Label
- Why Nations Fail : The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
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- rdacarrier.
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- txt
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- rdacontent.
- Contents
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- CONTENTS; Preface ; 1. So Close and Yet So Different ; 2. Theories That Don't Work ; 3. The Making of Prosperity and Poverty ; 4. Small Differences and Critical Junctures: The Weight of History ; 5. "I've Seen the Future, and it Works": Growth Under Extractive Institutions; 6. Drifting Apart ; 7. The Turning Point ; 8. Not on Our Turf: Barriers to Development ; 9. Reversing Development ; 10. The Diffusion of Prosperity ; 11. The Virtuous Circle ; 12. The Vicious Circle ; 13. Why Nations Fail Today ; 14. Breaking the Mold ; 15. Understanding Prosperity and Poverty ; Acknowledgments
- Bibliographical Essay and Sources References ; Index
- Control code
- u391001
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (544 pages)
- Form of item
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9781847654618
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- EBL1743163
- (OCoLC)973231451
Subject
- Developing countries -- Social policy
- Economic anthropology
- Economic history
- Economic history -- 1945- -- Political aspects
- Economics -- Political aspects
- Failed states
- Institutional economics
- Poverty -- Developing countries
- Revolutions -- Economic aspects
- Developing countries -- Economic policy
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