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AUTHOR |
Acemoglu, Daron. |
TITLE |
Why nations fail : the origins of power, prosperity and poverty / Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson. |
IMPRINT |
London : Profile, 2012. |
DESCRIPTION |
529 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
NOTE |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [465]-509) and index. |
SUMMARY |
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. |
SUMMARY |
Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012. |
SUBJECT |
Economic development -- Developing countries. |
SUBJECT |
Economic history -- Political aspects. |
SUBJECT |
Economics -- Political aspects. |
SUBJECT |
Poverty -- Developing countries. |
SUBJECT |
Revolutions -- Economic aspects. |
SUBJECT |
Developing countries -- Economic policy. |
SUBJECT |
Developing countries -- Social policy. |
DISCIPLINE |
Economics. |
DISCIPLINE |
Liberal Studies -- Globalization. |
OTHER AUTHOR |
Robinson, James A., 1960-. |
OTHER TITLE |
Chinese title: 國家為什麼會失敗 : 權力、富裕與貧困的根源. |
ISBN |
9781846684296 (hbk.). |
ISBN |
9781846684302. |