Why nations fail the origins of power, prosperity and poverty

Acemoglu, Daron. (Author). Robinson, James A., 1960- (Added Author). Woren, Dan. (Added Author).

Summary: Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers 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? Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny...

Record details

ISBN: 9780307987471 (electronic audio bk.)
ISBN: 0307987477 (electronic audio bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 sound file (17 hr., 55 min., 17 sec.) : digital.
Publisher: [New York] : Books on Tape, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Unabridged. Duration: 17:55:17.
Participant or Performer Note:	Read by Dan Woren.
System Details Note:	Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 257542 KB; MP3 file size: 504926 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on hard copy version record.