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020			_a9781846684302
040			_aAIS _dAIS
100			_aDaron Acemoğlu
100			_aJames A. Robinson
245			_aWhy Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
082			_a330
260			_aGreat Britain _bProfile Books _c2013
520			_aShortlisted 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.
655			_aEconomics
655			_aHistory
655			_aBusiness
655			_aNonfiction
655			_aSociology
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