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An impressive and captivating book that answers the question that has puzzled experts for centuries: "Why are some nations rich and others poor, why do prosperity and poverty, health and diseases,...

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An impressive and captivating book that answers the question that has puzzled experts for centuries: "Why are some nations rich and others poor, why do prosperity and poverty, health and diseases, nourishment and famines divide nations?"

Is it due to culture, climate, geography? Or perhaps ignorance of what the correct policies are?

The answer is "no"....

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Authors: Daron Acemoglu, James Robinson
Publisher: Ekdotikos Oikos A. A. Livani
Μορφή: Soft Cover
Έτος έκδοσης: 2013
Αριθμός σελίδων: 538
Κωδικός ISBN-13: 9789601427416
Διαστάσεις: 24×17

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Is it due to culture, climate, geography? Or perhaps ignorance of what the correct policies are?

The answer is "no". None of these factors are decisive or fatal. Otherwise, how can the fact that Botswana is one of the fastest-growing countries in the world be explained, while other African nations, such as Zimbabwe, Congo, and Sierra Leone, are mired in poverty and violence?

Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson argue that political and economic institutions form the basis for economic success or failure.

Based on fifteen years of original research, Acemoglu and Robinson present impressive historical evidence from the Roman Empire, the Mayan city-states, medieval Venice, the Soviet Union, Latin America, England, Europe, the United States, and Africa, in order to establish a new theory of political economy.

A fascinating book that answers questions such as:
- China has created an authoritarian mechanism for economic growth. Will its economy continue to grow at high rates, resulting in China surpassing the West?
- Are the good days of the United States numbered? Does the virtuous cycle in which the elites increased the power of the US collide with a vicious cycle that will lead to the enrichment and empowerment of a small minority?
- What is the most effective way to help billions of people escape the mire of poverty? More humanitarian aid from the wealthy nations of the West? Or learning from Acemoglu and Robinson's pioneering ideas on the interaction between political and economic institutions?

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Genre: Economy

Language: Greek

Subtitle: The origins of power, prosperity and poverty

Format: Soft Cover

Number of Pages: 538

Publication Date: 2013

Dimensions: 24x17 cm

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Stefanos Stath

2021-02-22

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A real masterpiece book!
A book that has special significance, especially for us Greeks. As the creation of a well-governed state that achieves the prosperity and development (not just material) of its citizens has been the ultimate goal.
Whether this desire will be fulfilled at some point and how, depends on the institutions, their structure, and how they are ultimately created and manifested in a society. All of this is made understandable to a great extent through the enjoyable reading of this book.

A very nice short video that explains the importance of institutions in the economic success of nations is the following (from the marginal revolution university):
https://youtu.be/u5P8AZRBLac

But some good introductory books on the subject are the following:
*The excellent little booklet by Aristidis Chatzis: Institutions from Papadopoulos publications
1. Institutions, institutional change, and economic performance by Douglas North
2. Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen
3. The end of poverty by Jeffrey Sachs...

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marios.aggelides

2023-10-29

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I have reached the halfway point of the book and I am struggling to finish it. The book contains too many details about historical events and figures. I am not a historian or an anthropologist. I am interested in understanding what leads a superpower to decline; why did the British Empire collapse? Why are the USA starting to lose ground while China and India are rising?
From the first 250 pages, what the authors want to say is the following:
"The difference between prosperity and poverty is not due to natural resources, cultural differences, or random coincidences, but to the institutions and political decisions made in each country. If you share the pie with more people, then you give them incentive and the pie grows."
From a 20-minute conversation I had with chatgpt, I learned much more than reading half of the book.
I will come back once I finish it.

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alteralex
2023-12-26
The book has excellent writing and a nice flow. It is easy to read and the pages fly by. It provides a lot of information and helps you understand that what makes societies prosper is the political conditions, essentially meaning THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES. We are responsible for our own happiness or poverty. Food for thought. I have already ordered the second book from the same group of authors.
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Killbill667
2023-09-15
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Excellent book.. I believe it is the best way for everyone to understand, without having any specific economic knowledge, the functioning of the economy and development or slowdown in combination with the human factor and institutions.. In post-memorandum Greece, it could be taught in schools
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Alexandros_Gialamidis
2021-03-17
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Excellent book, I highly recommend it
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petros_nikolaou55
2020-06-09
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Quite useful in understanding well-being
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Nikolas_Lychos
2019-12-17
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Excellent book, worth reading
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