Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty is a widely influential book in political economy that argues inclusive political and economic institutions are the key drivers of long-term national prosperity and development.
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book
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non-fiction book → political economy book → |
| arguesAgainst |
culture-based explanations of development
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geography hypothesis of development → ignorance hypothesis of underdevelopment → |
| author |
Daron Acemoglu
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James A. Robinson → |
| centralThesis |
extractive institutions lead to poverty and stagnation
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inclusive political and economic institutions are the key drivers of long-term prosperity → |
| conceptIntroduced |
critical junctures
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extractive institutions → inclusive institutions → path dependence in institutions → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| genre |
development economics
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economics → institutional economics → political science → |
| hasEdition |
audiobook edition
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e-book edition → hardcover edition → paperback edition → |
| influencedBy |
historical institutionalism
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new institutional economics → |
| language |
English
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| notableFor |
influencing policy debates on development and governance
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popularizing the distinction between inclusive and extractive institutions → |
| publicationDate |
2012
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| publisher |
Crown Publishers
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| subject |
comparative politics
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economic development → economic institutions → history of economic development → political institutions → |
| targetAudience |
academics
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general readers interested in economics and politics → policy makers → |
| theoreticalApproach |
comparative historical analysis
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institutional theory of development → |
| usesCaseStudy |
Botswana
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China → Colombia → England NERFINISHED → Mexico → North Korea → Sierra Leone → South Korea → United States → Zimbabwe → |
Referenced by (10)
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James A. Robinson
("Why Nations Fail")
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Kamer Daron Acemoglu ("Why Nations Fail") → Simon Johnson ("Why Nations Fail") → |
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Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
("Why Nations Fail")
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Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity ("Why Nations Fail") → The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty → |
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Daron Acemoglu
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Kamer Daron Acemoglu ("Why Nations Fail") → |
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The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
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James A. Robinson
("Why Nations Fail")
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