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Why Nations Fail

Daron Acemoglu & James Robinson

Recommended by 2 people on the record.

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Neera Tanden recommends it
My absolute top recommendation is why nations fail by Darren Aamagloo and James Robinson. Um the book uh the essential theme of the book is that inclusive political systems create inclusive economic systems.

on a podcast · 8 Oct 2025 · Report

Simon Johnson recommends it
Why Nations Fail is by two of my favourite economists, two very close friends and co-authors of mine, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson. They're tackling a subject that I've worked on with them, and they do a great job of bringing it to life and making it vivid.

on fivebooks.com · 11 May 2012 · Report

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It says how long ago something was said, so you can tell last month from 2014 without doing the arithmetic. Full and green is recent; it drains and cools as the date gets older, and empties completely at about 6 years.

A striped bar means the date itself is an estimate — the source did not carry an exact one. An entry with no date at all gets no bar.