Why Nations Fail

the long version

'Why Nations Fail' aims to answer the question that has stumped the experts for centuries - Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or lack of it). Based on fifteen years of original research Acemoglu and Robinson marshall historical evidence from the Roman Empire, the Mayan city-states,