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Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
We've read and reviewed Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson's economics and history book Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty on Book of the Day, scored and written up in full, with a clear verdict on who it's for.
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
Why some countries are rich while their neighbors are poor, argued across four hundred years of case studies: Nogales split by a fence, Elizabeth I refusing a patent, the silver mines at Potosi. Acemoglu and Robinson say institutions decide it, and the 2024 Nobel suggests the profession agrees more than it did in 2012.