TY - BOOK AU - Acemoglu, Daron AU - Robinson, James A. AU - Henderson, Leonard AU - Dell, Melissa AU - Tran, David AU - Mastin, Kirk TI - Why nations fail: the origins of power, prosperity and poverty SN - 9780307719225 U1 - CIR 330 A173 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Currency, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group KW - 1. ECONOMICS -- POLICTICAL ASPECTS KW - 2. ECONOMIC HISTORY -- POLITICAL ASPECTS KW - 3. POVERTY -- DEVELOPING COUNTRIES KW - 4. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- DEVELOPING COUNTRIES KW - 5. REVOLUTIONS -- ECONOMIC ASPECTS KW - 6. DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- ECONOMIC POLICY KW - 7. DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- SOCIAL POLICY N1 - Includes references and index; 1. So close and yet so different -- 2. Theories that don't work -- 3. The making of prosperity and poverty -- 4. Small differences and critical junctures: the weight of history -- 5. "I've seen the future, and it works": growth under extractive institutions -- 6. Drifting apart -- 7. The turning point -- 8. Not on our turf: barriers to development -- 9. Reversing development -- 10. The diffusion of prosperity -- 11. The virtuous circle -- 12. The vicious circle -- 13. Why nations fail today -- 14. Breaking the mold -- 15. Understanding prosperity and poverty -- References -- Index ER -