About the Author
Daron Acemoglu is the Killian Professor of Economics at MIT. He received the John Bates Clark Medal.
http://econ-www.mit.edu/faculty/acemoglu/
James Robinson is a political scientist and economist and the Florence Professor of Government at Harvard University, and a world-renowned expert on Latin America and Africa.
http://scholar.harvard.edu/jrobinson
They are the authors of Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy, which won numerous prizes (http://book.douban.com/subject/1841848/)
Review
"'You will have three reasons to love this book. It's about national income differences within the modern world, perhaps the biggest problem facing the world today. It's peppered with fascinating stories that will make you a spellbinder at cocktail parties - such as why Botswana is prospering and Sierra Leone isn't. And it's a great read. Like me, you may succumb to reading it in one go, and then you may come back to it again and again.'
(Jared Diamond, Pulitzer-prize-winning author of bestselling books including 'Guns, Germs, and Steel' and 'Collapse')"
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Product Description
This is a provocative new theory of political economy explaining why the world is divided into nations with wildly differing levels of prosperity. Why are some nations more prosperous than others? "Why Nations Fail" sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory: that it is not down to climate, geography or culture, but because of institutions. Drawing on an extraordinary range of contemporary and historical examples, from ancient Rome through the Tudors to modern-day China, leading academics Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson show that to invest and prosper, people need to know that if they work hard, they can make money and actually keep it - and this means sound institutions that allow virtuous circles of innovation, expansion and peace. Based on fifteen years of research, and answering the competing arguments of authors ranging from Max Weber to Jeffrey Sachs and Jared Diamond, Acemoglu and Robinson step boldly into the territory of Francis Fukuyama and Ian Morris. They blend economics, politics, history and current affairs to provide a new, powerful and persuasive way of understanding wealth and poverty. They offer a pragmatic basis for the hope that at 'critical junctures' in history, those mired in poverty can be placed on the path to prosperity - with important consequences for our views on everything from the role of aid to the future of China.
一直到最近兩位作者戴倫.艾塞默魯、詹姆斯.羅賓森的新書《自由的窄廊》出了,才忽然想起之前買的這本《國家為什麼會失敗》還沒看。這本推薦的人很多,批評的當然也不少。這是一個很廣很大,爭議性高的題目,因為導致這個結果的變數太多,其實很難歸納出一套完整的論述去說明...
评分若非相关专业研究,这本书首先不推荐读全本,看下关键章节的论断性语句强化记忆即可,其余皆是作者用于论证其观点的例子。当然,本书的精髓就在于这些纵横穿插古今中外,汪洋恣肆滚滚而来的经典实例,涉及到大量非英语名词,看起来略吃力,故作如是观。 作者开头以美国和墨西...
评分通不过,可能与一种花的名字有关。 这篇是我们“翻书党人”的月课,刊于我的腾讯【大家】专栏。 我在《一个翻书党人的年度小结2012》中就已经提到过这本书,1111项目的读者在之前就已经读到我这篇了。 请移步阅读:http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_49275b420102efkv.html
评分 评分据说经济学家张五常提出的产权论在中国影响深远,其可贵之處是简单而清晰。张氏认为穷国富国,取決于产权介定。你是否有权转让自己的财产(a right to transfer)?是否有权用它(a right to use)?是否能用資产賺取收入(a right to earn income)。三大权的定立需要市场经济配...
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评分装大气吹逼,都不知道Acemoglu怎么会写这样的东西
评分挣扎了很久,还是给4星吧。本书的好处在于知识范围够广,总有一款是你不知道的,另外各种hammer一个简化了的核心理念,让你可以记忆深刻。缺点则是一切问题讲得都不够深入、不够细致,另外新意不多。如果不是这样的大家所著,应该就是一部普通的作品吧。
评分一篇规范、严谨的学术论文,值得Akerlof的溢美之词。回答的problem还是最原始、最根本的经济学问题:为什么有的国家繁荣而有的国家贫穷?从国境线两个城市迥异的经济状况(question)出发,政治和政治制度的重要性被再次强调。中国和其它东亚国家的独特发展路径(榨取式政治制度前提下的经济增长)毫不有损于作者再次印证西方一向推崇的盎格鲁-撒克逊制度优越性的倾向。中间论述部分稍显赘余,但仍无法动摇给它五颗星的冲动。(可以先看中文版http://book.douban.com/subject/21325515/)
评分挣扎了很久,还是给4星吧。本书的好处在于知识范围够广,总有一款是你不知道的,另外各种hammer一个简化了的核心理念,让你可以记忆深刻。缺点则是一切问题讲得都不够深入、不够细致,另外新意不多。如果不是这样的大家所著,应该就是一部普通的作品吧。
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