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portada Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Category
Economía
Year
2013
Language
English
Pages
560
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9781846684302

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

Daron Acemoglu (Author) · James A. Robinson (Author) · Profile Books · Paperback

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty - James A. Robinson

Economía

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

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 arguments 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.
Daron Acemoglu
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He is a Professor of Economics and holds the Elizabeth and James Killian Chair at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
In 2005, he received the John Bates Clark Medal, awarded to economists under forty who have made significant contributions to economic thought and knowledge. In 2010, Foreign Policy magazine named him one of the 100 most influential thinkers.
His main interests are political economy, development economics, economic growth, technology, income and wage inequality, human capital and training, and labor economics. His most recent works focus on the role of institutions in economic development and political economy.
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James A. Robinson
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He is a political scientist, economist, and professor at the University of Chicago. An expert on Latin America and Africa, he is currently conducting his research in Bolivia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Haiti, and Colombia, where he has taught for many years during the summer at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá.

He is co-author, along with Daron Acemoglu, of the bestseller Why Nations Fail (Deusto, 2012), which analyzes why some countries experience economic growth while others fall into poverty.
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Juan Carlos Paniagua López Thursday, November 28, 2024
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Análisis profundo y fundamentado en la historia detallada y en el presente de la estabilidad de muchos países, exitosos y otros fracasados

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