Why nations fail : the origins of power, prosperity and poverty / Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson. --

By: Acemoglu, Daron [author]Contributor(s): Robinson, James A [co-author] | Henderson, Leonard [book design] | Dell, Melissa [maps] | Tran, David [cover design] | Mastin, Kirk [cover photograph]Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Currency, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, c2012Description: xi, 529 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN: 9780307719225Subject(s): 1. ECONOMICS -- POLICTICAL ASPECTS | 2. ECONOMIC HISTORY -- POLITICAL ASPECTS | 3. POVERTY -- DEVELOPING COUNTRIES | 4. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- DEVELOPING COUNTRIES | 5. REVOLUTIONS -- ECONOMIC ASPECTS | 6. DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- ECONOMIC POLICY | 7. DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- SOCIAL POLICYDDC classification: CIR 330 A173 2012
Contents:
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.
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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.

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