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Why nations fail by Daron Acemoglu
Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine?
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Based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. I build progressive campaign websites and digital infrastructure for cultural institutions. I read a lot of SF and nonfiction about social & technological change.
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Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine?
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Extremely useful concept, but it's a marketing concept for a Ted talk drawn out to fill a book.
Extremely useful concept, but it's a marketing concept for a Ted talk drawn out to fill a book.

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