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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Why Nations Fail - Summary

Chapter reviews and/or questions of Why Nations Fail.

4 Minute Overview of the book by Acemoglu (a video)

Preface

Chapter 1 - Why Nations Fail

Chapter 2 - Theories that Don't Work

Chapter 3 - The Making of Prosperity and Poverty

Chapter 4 - Small Differences and Critical Junctures

Chapter 5 - I've seen the future and it works

Chapter 6 - Drifting Apart

Chapter 7 - The Turning Point

Chapter 8 - Not on our turf

Chapter 9 - Reversing Development

Chapter 10 - The Diffusion of Prosperity

Chapter 11 - The Virtuous Circle

Chapter 12 - The Vicious Circle

Chapter 13 - Why Nations Fail Today

Chapter 14 - Breaking the Mold

Chapter 15 - Understanding Prosperity and Poverty

Posted by Greg Pratt at 9:24 AM
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