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| Authors | Daron Acemoglu, James Robinson |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Comparative politics, Economics |
| Publisher | Crown Business |
Publication date | March 20, 2012 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Hardcover, Audiobook, Amazon Kindle |
| Pages | 546 |
| ISBN | 0307719219 |
| OCLC | 729065001 |
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, first published in 2012, is a book by economists Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, who jointly received the 2024 Nobel Economics Prize for their contribution in comparative studies of prosperity between nations.[1] The book applies insights from institutional economics, development economics, and economic history to understand why nations develop differently, with some succeeding in the accumulation of power and prosperity and others failing, according to a wide range of historical case studies.
The authors also maintain a website (with a blog inactive since 2014) about the ongoing discussion of the book.
- ^ "MIT economists Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson share Nobel Prize". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.