WHY NATIONS FAIL
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
He is the Killian Professor of Economics at MIT. He received the John Bates Clark Medal, and the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2024 for his work on global inequality.
JAMES ROBINSON
He is a political scientist and economist and the Florence Professor of Government at Harvard University, and a world-renowned expert on Latin America and Africa. He received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2024 for his work on global inequality.
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ACEMOGLU DARON
Daron Acemoglu es un economista turco-estadounidense nacido el 3 de septiembre de 1967 en Estambul, Turquía. Es profesor en el Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts MIT y es reconocido por sus estudios sobre economía política, desarrollo económico y desigualdad.
Acemoglu ha recibido múltiples premios, incluyendo la Medalla John Bates Clark en 2005 y el Premio Nobel de Economía en 2024, junto con James A. Robinson y Simon Johnson, por sus estudios sobre el impacto de las instituciones en el desarrollo económico. Su obra más influyente es Por qué fracasan los países, donde analiza cómo las instituciones determinan el éxito o fracaso de las economías.
