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Daron Acemoglu's THE CHRONICLE REVIEW, as advertised in THE CHRONICLE REVIEW
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Why Nations Fail answers the questionthat has stumped the experts for
centuries: Why are some nations richand others poor, divided by wealth
and poverty, health and sickness, foodand famine? Economics professors
Daron Acemoglu and James Robinsonconclusively show that it is man-made
political and economic institutionsthat underlie economic success
(or lack of it). Based on fieen years oforiginal research, Why Nations Fail
will change the way students look at—and understand—the world.
“Written with a deep knowledge of economicsand political history, this is perhaps the most
powerful statement made to date that‘institutions matter.’”
—Joel Mokyr, Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts andSciences and Professor of Economics and History,
Northwestern University
“Imagine [weaving] ideas into a coherenttheoretical framework based on limiting
extraction, promoting creative destruction, andcreating strong political institutions that sharepower and you begin to see the contribution ofthis brilliant and engagingly written book.”
—Scott E. Page, University of Michigan and Santa Fe Institute
WHY NATIONS FAILThe Origins of Power,
Prosperity, and PovertyBy Daron Acemoglu and
James RobinsonCrown | HC | 978-0-307-71921-8 | 544pp.$30.00/$35.00 Can. | Exam Copy: $15.00
DARON ACEMOGLU is the Killian Professor ofEconomics at MIT. In 2005 he received the John BatesClark Medal awarded to economists under forty judgedto have made the most significant contribution toeconomic thought and knowledge.
JAMES A. ROBINSON, a political scientist and aneconomist, is the David Florence Professor ofGovernment at Harvard University. A world-renownedexpert on Latin America and Africa, he has worked inBotswana, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, and South Africa.
“Why Nations Fail is a vital work for these times . . . an eloquent
and powerful statement of the long-run success of
democratic capitalism at a timewhen it is under attack.”
—William Easterly, The Wall Street Journal
Instant New York TimesBestseller