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Book Summary: Why Nations Fail – Understanding why countries are rich or poor

by jaimefjorge on 8/21/20, 8:57 AM with 12 comments

• by efficax on 8/21/20, 2:09 PM

  Not a single mention of colonialism huh

• by x0re4x on 8/21/20, 4:32 PM

  Probably relevant: "IQ and National Success" https://youtu.be/8u0Lmp_jHw8?t=332

• by e_f_rodrigues on 8/21/20, 5:10 PM

  Great summary. Probably good follow on reads would be the classical "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" by Adam Smith and "The Competitive Advantage of Nations" by Michael Porter.

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