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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity,...

Aug 13, 2012 5:00 AM

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Daron Acemoglu discusses his book, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty at the Harvard Bookstore. Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are? Acemoglu argues that none of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Otherwise, how to...
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Daron Acemoglu discusses his book, at the Harvard Bookstore. answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are? Acemoglu argues that none of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Otherwise, how to explain why Botswana has become one of the fastest growing countries in the world, while other African nations, such as Zimbabwe, the Congo, and Sierra Leone, are mired in poverty and violence?

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