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020			_a9781846684302
040			_cKrishna
082			_a330 ACE
100			_aAcemoglu, Daron.
245			_aWhy nations fail : _bThe origins of power, prosperity and poverty / _cDaron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson.
260			_aLondon : _bProfile Books, _c2013.
300			_axi, 529 p. : _bill. ; _c20 cm.
504			_aIncludes references and index.
520			_aWhy are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, geography, or perhaps ignorance of the right policies? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. In this book the authors show that it is man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or lack of it). Based on fifteen years of original research, they marshall historical evidence from the Roman Empire to the Soviet Union, from Korea to Africa, to build a new theory of political economy with great relevance for the big questions of today, including: China has built an authoritarian growth machine. Will it continue to grow at such high speed and overwhelm the West? Is America moving from a virtuous circle, in which efforts by elites to aggrandize power are resisted, to a vicious one that enriches and empowers a small minority? What is the most effective way to help move billions of people from the rut of poverty to prosperity? Is it through more philanthropy from the wealthy nations of the West, or learning lessons on the interplay between inclusive political and economic institutions?
650			_aNations _x Political aspects.
650			_aEconomic history _xPolitical aspects.
650			_aPoverty _xDeveloping countries.
700			_aRobinson, James A.
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