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1、PRAISEFORWhyNationsFail“AcemogluandRobinsonhavemadeanimportantcontributiontothedebateastowhysimilar-lookingnationsdiffersogreatlyintheireconomicandpoliticaldevelopment.Throughabroadmultiplicityofhistoricalexamples,theyshowhowinstitutionaldevelopments,sometimesbasedonvery
2、accidentalcircumstances,havehadenormousconsequences.Theopennessofasociety,itswillingnesstopermitcreativedestruction,andtheruleoflawappeartobedecisiveforeconomicdevelopment.”—KennethJ.Arrow,Nobellaureateineconomics,1972“Theauthorsconvincinglyshowthatcountriesescapepoverty
3、onlywhentheyhaveappropriateeconomicinstitutions,especiallyprivatepropertyandcompetition.Moreoriginally,theyarguecountriesaremorelikelytodeveloptherightinstitutionswhentheyhaveanopenpluralisticpoliticalsystemwithcompetitionforpoliticaloffice,awidespreadelectorate,andopenn
4、esstonewpoliticalleaders.Thisintimateconnectionbetweenpoliticalandeconomicinstitutionsistheheartoftheirmajorcontribution,andhasresultedinastudyofgreatvitalityononeofthecrucialquestionsineconomicsandpoliticaleconomy.”—GaryS.Becker,Nobellaureateineconomics,1992“Thisimporta
5、ntandinsightfulbook,packedwithhistoricalexamples,makesthecasethatinclusivepoliticalinstitutionsinsupportofinclusiveeconomicinstitutionsiskeytosustainedprosperity.Thebookreviewshowsomegoodregimesgotlaunchedandthenhadavirtuousspiral,whilebadregimesremaininaviciousspiral.Th
6、isisimportantanalysisnottobemissed.”—PeterDiamond,Nobellaureateineconomics,2010“Forthosewhothinkthatanation’seconomicfateisdeterminedbygeographyorculture,DaronAcemogluandJimRobinsonhavebadnews.It’smanmadeinstitutions,notthelayofthelandorthefaithofourforefathers,thatdeter
7、minewhetheracountryisrichorpoor.SynthesizingbrilliantlytheworkoftheoristsfromAdamSmithtoDouglassNorthwithmorerecentempiricalresearchbyeconomichistorians,AcemogluandRobinsonhaveproducedacompellingandhighlyreadablebook.”—NiallFerguson,authorofTheAscentofMoney“AcemogluandRo
8、binson—twooftheworld’sleadingexpertsondevelopment—revealwhyitisnotgeography,disease,orculturethatexplai
