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Why some nations fail answer the question that has stumped the experts for countries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine?
Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are?
Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or
destiny. Otherwise, how to explain why Botswana has become one of the fastest
growing countries in the world, while other African nations, such as Zimbabwe,
the Congo, and Sierra Leone, are mired in poverty and violence?
Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it
is man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success
(or lack of it). Korea, to take just one of their fascinating examples, is a remarkably
homogeneous nation, yet the people of North Korea are among the poorest on
earth while their brothers and sisters in South Korea are among the richest.
The south forged a society that created incentives, rewarded innovation, and
allowed everyone to participate in economic opportunities.
The economic success thus spurred was sustained because the
government became accountable and responsive to citizens and the great mass of
people. Sadly, the people of the north have endured decades of famine, political
repression, and very different economic institutions—with no end in sight. The
differences between the Koreas is due to the politics that created these
completely different institutional trajectories.
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- China has built an authoritarian growth machine. Will it continue to grow at such high speed and overwhelm the West?
- Are America’s best days behind it? Are we 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? More philanthropy from the wealthy nations of the West? Or learning the hard-won lessons of Acemoglu and Robinson’s breakthrough ideas on the interplay between inclusive political and economic institutions?
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- Weight (kg): 0.5
- Author: Daron Acemoglu
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