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1、PRAISEFORWhyNationsFail“AcemogluandRobinsonhavemadeanimportantcontributiontothedebateastowhysimilar-lookingnationsdi#ersogreatlyintheireconomicandpoliticaldevelopment.Throughabroadmultiplicityofhistoricalexamples,theyshowhowinstitutionaldevelopments,somet
2、imesbasedonveryaccidentalcircumstances,havehadenormousconsequences.Theopennessofasociety,itswillingnesstopermitcreativedestruction,andtheruleoflawappeartobedecisiveforeconomicdevelopment.”—KennethJ.Arrow,Nobellaureateineconomics,1972“Theauthorsconvincingl
3、yshowthatcountriesescapepovertyonlywhentheyhaveappropriateeconomicinstitutions,especiallyprivatepropertyandcompetition.Moreoriginally,theyarguecountriesaremorelikelytodeveloptherightinstitutionswhentheyhaveanopenpluralisticpoliticalsystemwithcompetitionfo
4、rpoliticalo3ce,awidespreadelectorate,andopennesstonewpoliticalleaders.Thisintimateconnectionbetweenpoliticalandeconomicinstitutionsistheheartoftheirmajorcontribution,andhasresultedinastudyofgreatvitalityononeofthecrucialquestionsineconomicsandpoliticaleco
5、nomy.”—GaryS.Becker,Nobellaureateineconomics,1992“Thisimportantandinsightfulbook,packedwithhistoricalexamples,makesthecasethatinclusivepoliticalinstitutionsinsupportofinclusiveeconomicinstitutionsiskeytosustainedprosperity.Thebookreviewshowsomegoodregimes
6、gotlaunchedandthenhadavirtuousspiral,whilebadregimesremaininaviciousspiral.Thisisimportantanalysisnottobemissed.”—PeterDiamond,Nobellaureateineconomics,2010“Forthosewhothinkthatanation’seconomicfateisdeterminedbygeographyorculture,DaronAcemogluandJimRobin
7、sonhavebadnews.It’smanmadeinstitutions,notthelayofthelandorthefaithofourforefathers,thatdeterminewhetheracountryisrichorpoor.SynthesizingbrilliantlytheworkoftheoristsfromAdamSmithtoDouglassNorthwithmorerecentempiricalresearchbyeconomichistorians,Acemoglua
8、ndRobinsonhaveproducedacompellingandhighlyreadablebook.”—NiallFerguson,authorofTheAscentofMoney“AcemogluandRobinson—twooftheworld’sleadingexpertsondevelopment—revealwhyitisnotgeography,disease,orculturethatexplainwh
