By Professor Daron Acemoglu, James RobinsonRating 57,510 Ratings by Goodreads Already own it? Write a reviewFormat Paperback, 544 pages Published United States, 17 September 2013Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why...
why are some nations poor and others rich? Written with a deep knowledge of economics and political history, this is perhaps the most powerful statement made to date that ‘institutions matter.’ A provocative, instructive, yet thoroughly enthralling ...
Daron Acemoglu: Many of these political breakthroughs when you think about them, have both labor augmenting or labor enhancing and automation functions. Technologies broadening our horizon both proactively and socially. And that I think is what’s missing right now. So again, if you look at o...
My guest today, Daron Acemoglu, is a professor of economics at MIT, and coauthor of a number of influential books written for a popular audience, including Why Nations Fail and Power and Progress. He is also, without a doubt, one of the greatest economists I have ever met. ACEMOGLU: His...