Author: Edward EverettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fourth of July celebrations
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The Great Issues Now Before the Country
Author: Edward EverettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fourth of July celebrations
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The Great Issues Now Before the Country. An Oration ... Delivered at the New York Academy of Music, July 4, 1861
Author: Edward EVERETTWhy Nations Fail
Author: Daron AcemogluPublisher: Currency
ISBN: 0307719227
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
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. Otherwise, how to explain why Botswana has become one of the fastest growing countries in the world, while other African nations, such as Zimbabwe, the Congo, and Sierra Leone, are mired in poverty and violence? Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or lack of it). Korea, to take just one of their fascinating examples, is a remarkably homogeneous nation, yet the people of North Korea are among the poorest on earth while their brothers and sisters in South Korea are among the richest. The south forged a society that created incentives, rewarded innovation, and allowed everyone to participate in economic opportunities. The economic success thus spurred was sustained because the government became accountable and responsive to citizens and the great mass of people. Sadly, the people of the north have endured decades of famine, political repression, and very different economic institutions—with no end in sight. The differences between the Koreas is due to the politics that created these completely different institutional trajectories. Based on fifteen years of original research Acemoglu and Robinson marshall extraordinary historical evidence from the Roman Empire, the Mayan city-states, medieval Venice, the Soviet Union, Latin America, England, Europe, the United States, and Africa to build a new theory of political economy with great relevance for the big questions of today, including: - China has built an authoritarian growth machine. Will it continue to grow at such high speed and overwhelm the West? - Are America’s best days behind it? Are we moving from a virtuous circle in which efforts by elites to aggrandize power are resisted to a vicious one that enriches and empowers a small minority? - What is the most effective way to help move billions of people from the rut of poverty to prosperity? More philanthropy from the wealthy nations of the West? Or learning the hard-won lessons of Acemoglu and Robinson’s breakthrough ideas on the interplay between inclusive political and economic institutions? Why Nations Fail will change the way you look at—and understand—the world.
Our Day
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church and the world
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
The Department of State Bulletin
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
The official monthly record of United States foreign policy.
Congressional Record
Author: United States. CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1460
Book Description
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the JudiciaryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
The Great Issue
Author: Oliver Cromwell GardinerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Free-Soil Party
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The American Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events of the Year
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 870
Book Description
The American Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events ...
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description