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Why Nations Fail: The Origins Of Power, Prosperity, And Poverty (2012)

by Daron Acemoğlu(Favorite Author)

3.92 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0307719219 (ISBN13: 9780307719218)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Crown Business

review 1: This book was great in theory, but not so in execution. I agree that it would have made a more compelling piece in Time, as in book form, it was entirely too long and drawn out. I found the author's explanation rather simplistic. Additionally, I found it odd that they did not really flesh out why their theory was better or different than the other theories out there--it's fine to critique, but you need to back it up with specific examples. I ended up not being able to finish it, as I found every chapter to be kind of the same. If you want a great book about poverty and failed nations, I suggest Poor Economics--I am only part of the way through it, but already I feel that it does a more thorough job of tackling this issue than Why Nations Fail does.
review 2: A ... moresimple set of ideas compellingly explains the wide divergence of prosperity in different countries today: institutions. This book got me interested in world history again by explaining it through an economic lens, and it will shape my thoughts as I travel the world because it explains so much of why certain countries have prospered so much in the past 200 years while others have not. Really interesting book. less

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