Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
- ISBN-10
- 0307719219
- ISBN-13
- 9780307719218
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 529
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Currency
- Authors
- Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
Description
An award-winning professor of economics at MIT and a Harvard University political scientist and economist evaluate the reasons that some nations are poor while others succeed, outlining provocative perspectives that support theories about the importance of institutions.
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