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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

Door Daron Acemoglu e.a.

Categorie
Politiek & Staatsinrichting
Boeknummer
#389335-UI11
Titel
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Auteur
Acemoglu, Daron & James A. Robinson
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
London : Profile Books
Jaar van uitgave
2013
ISBN10
1846684307
ISBN13
9781846684302
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrated with photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012. Why are some nations more prosperous than others? Why Nations Fail sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down to climate, geography or culture, but because of institutions. Drawing on an extraordinary range of contemporary and historical examples, from ancient Rome through the Tudors to modern-day China, leading academics Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson show that to invest and prosper, people need to know that if they work hard, they can make money and actually keep it - and this means sound institutions that allow virtuous circles of innovation, expansion and peace. Based on fifteen years of research, and answering the competing arg... (Lees verder)uments of authors ranging from Max Weber to Jeffrey Sachs and Jared Diamond, Acemoglu and Robinson step boldly into the territory of Francis Fukuyama and Ian Morris. They blend economics, politics, history and current affairs to provide a new, powerful and persuasive way of understanding wealth and poverty.
Pagina's
529
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 8,00

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