000			02854 a2200157 4500
020			_a9781846684302
082			_a362.5 _bACE
100			_aAcemoglu, Daron
245			_aWhy nations fail _bthe origins of power, prosperity and poverty
260			_aGreat Britain _bProfile Books Ltd _c2013
300			_axi,529p.
520			_acontents preface • 1 Why Egyptians filled Tahrir Square to bring down Hosni Mubarak and what it means for our understanding of the causes of prosperity and poverty 1.So close and yet So different • 7 Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora, have the same people, culture, and geography. Why is one rich and one poor? 2.theories that don't work • 45 Poor countries are poor not because of their geographies or cultures, or because their leaders do not know which policies will enrich their citizens 3-the making of prosperity and poverty • 70 How prosperity and poverty are determined by the incentives created by institutions, and how politics determines what institutions a nation has 4-small differences and critical junctures: the weight of history • 96 How institutions change through political conflict and how the past shapes the present 5-"i've seen the future, and it works": growth under extractive institutions • 124 What Stalin, King Shyaam, the Neolithic Revolution, and the Maya city-states all had in common and how this explains why Chinas current economic growth cannot last 6.drifting apart • 152 How institutions evolve over time, often slowly drifting apart 7. the turning point • 182 How apolitical revolution in 1688 changed institutions in England and led to the Industrial Revolution 8.not on our turf: barriers to development • 213 Why the politically powerful in many nations opposed the Industrial Revolution 9.reversing development • 245 How European colonialism impoverished large parts of the world 10.the diffusion of prosperity • 274 How some parts of the world took different paths to prosperity from that of Britain II.the virtuous circle • 302 How institutions that encourage prosperity create positive feedback loops that prevent the efforts by elites to undermine them 12.the Vicious circle • 335 How institutions that create poverty generate negative feedback loops and endure 13.why nations fail today • 368 Institutions, institutions, institutions 14.breaking the mold • 404 How a few countries changed their economic trajectory by changing their institutions 15.understanding prosperity and poverty • 428 How the world could have been different and how understanding this can explain why most attempts to combat poverty have failed acknowledgments • 463 bibliographical essay and sources • 465 references • 483 index • 511
700			_aRobinson, James A.
890			_aIndia
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999			_c40418 _d40418