Why ‘Why Nations Fail’ Fails (Mostly): Review of Acemoglu and Robinson -...
Every now and then, a ‘Big Book on Development’ comes along that triggers a storm of arguments in my head (it’s a rather disturbing experience). One such is Why Nations Fail, by Daron Acemoglu (MIT)...
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Our Top Ten Blog Posts by Readership in 2012Originally published on May 1, 2012Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson have produced a magisterial book: ‘Why Nations Fail’. If you are interested in...
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These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.Corruption Is Just a Symptom, Not the Disease Wall Street Journal If you ask development experts,...
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