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100 1  Acemoglu, Daron. 
245 10 Why nations fail|h[OverDrive/Libby electronic resource]
       |bthe origins of power, prosperity and poverty /|cDaron 
       Acemoglu and James A. Robinson. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bCrown Publishers,|c[2012] 
264  4 |c©2012 
300    1 online resource (529 pages) :|billustrations, map 
336    unspecified|bzzz|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
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504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [465]-509) and 
       index. 
505 0  Preface: Why Egyptians filled Tahrir Square to bring down 
       Hosni Mubarak and what it means for our understanding of 
       the causes of prosperity and poverty -- So close and yet 
       so different : Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora, have
       the same people, culture, and geography. Why is one rich 
       and one poor? -- Theories that don't work : poor countries
       are poor not because of their geographies or cultures, or 
       because their leaders do not know which policies will 
       enrich their citizens -- The making of prosperity and 
       poverty : how prosperity and poverty are determined by the
       incentives created by institutions, and how politics 
       determines what institutions a nation has -- Small 
       differences and critical junctures: the weight of history 
       : how institutions change through political conflict and 
       how the past shapes the present -- "I've seen the future, 
       and it works" : growth under extractive institutions : 
       what Stalin, King Shyaam, the Neolithic Revolution, and 
       the Maya city-states all had in common and how this 
       explains why China's current economic growth cannot last -
       - Drifting apart : how institutions evolve over time, 
       often slowly drifting apart -- The turning point : how a 
       political revolution in 1688 changed institutions in 
       England and led to the Industrial Revolution -- Not on our
       turf : barriers to development : why the politically 
       powerful in many nations opposed the Industrial Revolution
       -- Reversing development : how European colonialism 
       impoverished large parts of the world -- The diffusion of 
       prosperity : how some parts of the world took different 
       paths to prosperity from that of Britain -- The virtuous 
       circle : how institutions that encourage prosperity create
       positive feedback loops that prevent the efforts by elites
       to undermine them -- The vicious circle : how institutions
       that create poverty generate negative feedback loops and 
       endure -- Why nations fail today : institutions, 
       institutions, institutions -- Breaking the mold : how a 
       few countries changed their economic trajectory by 
       changing their institutions -- Understanding prosperity 
       and poverty : how the world could have been different and 
       how understanding this can explain why most attempts to 
       combat poverty have failed. 
520    Why are some nations rich and others poor? Is it culture, 
       the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of the right 
       policies? Simply, no. None of these factors is either 
       definitive or destiny. Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson 
       conclusively show that it is man-made political and 
       economic institutions that underlie economic success (or 
       lack of it). Based on fifteen years of original research, 
       Acemoglu and Robinson marshall historical evidence from 
       the Roman Empire to the Soviet Union, from Korea to Africa,
       to build a new theory of political economy with great 
       relevance for the big questions of today, including: China
       has built an authoritarian growth machine. Will it 
       continue to grow at such high speed and overwhelm the 
       West? Is America moving from a virtuous circle, in which 
       efforts by elites to aggrandize power are resisted, to a 
       vicious one that enriches and empowers a small minority? 
       What is the most effective way to help move billions of 
       people from the rut of poverty to prosperity? This book 
       will change the way you look at--and understand--the 
       world.--From publisher description. 
588    Description based on print version record. 
650  0 Economics|xPolitical aspects. 
650  0 Economic history|xPolitical aspects. 
650  0 Poverty|zDeveloping countries. 
650  0 Economic development|zDeveloping countries. 
650  0 Revolutions|xEconomic aspects. 
651  0 Developing countries|xEconomic policy. 
651  0 Developing countries|xSocial policy. 
655  7 Electronic books.|2local 
700 1  Robinson, James A.,|d1960- 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aAcemoglu, Daron.|tWhy nations fail.|b1st
       ed.|dNew York : Crown Publishers, c2012|z9780307719218
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