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1、PRAISEFORWhyNationsFail“AcemogluandRobinsonhavemadeanimportantcontributiontothedebateastowhysimilar-lookingnationsdiffersogreatlyintheireconomicandpoliticaldevelopment.Throughabroadmultiplicityofhistoricalexamples,theyshowhowinstitutionaldevelopments,someti
2、mesbasedonveryaccidentalcircumstances,havehadenormousconsequences.Theopennessofasociety,itswillingnesstopermitcreativedestruction,andtheruleoflawappeartobedecisiveforeconomicdevelopment.”—KennethJ.Arrow,Nobellaureateineconomics,1972“Theauthorsconvincinglysh
3、owthatcountriesescapepovertyonlywhentheyhaveappropriateeconomicinstitutions,especiallyprivatepropertyandcompetition.Moreoriginally,theyarguecountriesaremorelikelytodeveloptherightinstitutionswhentheyhaveanopenpluralisticpoliticalsystemwithcompetitionforpoli
4、ticaloffice,awidespreadelectorate,andopennesstonewpoliticalleaders.Thisintimateconnectionbetweenpoliticalandeconomicinstitutionsistheheartoftheirmajorcontribution,andhasresultedinastudyofgreatvitalityononeofthecrucialquestionsineconomicsandpoliticaleconomy.
5、”—GaryS.Becker,Nobellaureateineconomics,1992“Thisimportantandinsightfulbook,packedwithhistoricalexamples,makesthecasethatinclusivepoliticalinstitutionsinsupportofinclusiveeconomicinstitutionsiskeytosustainedprosperity.Thebookreviewshowsomegoodregimesgotlaun
6、chedandthenhadavirtuousspiral,whilebadregimesremaininaviciousspiral.Thisisimportantanalysisnottobemissed.”—PeterDiamond,Nobellaureateineconomics,2010“Forthosewhothinkthatanation’seconomicfateisdeterminedbygeographyorculture,DaronAcemogluandJimRobinsonhaveba
7、dnews.It’smanmadeinstitutions,notthelayofthelandorthefaithofourforefathers,thatdeterminewhetheracountryisrichorpoor.SynthesizingbrilliantlytheworkoftheoristsfromAdamSmithtoDouglassNorthwithmorerecentempiricalresearchbyeconomichistorians,AcemogluandRobinsonh
8、aveproducedacompellingandhighlyreadablebook.”—NiallFerguson,authorofTheAscentofMoney“AcemogluandRobinson—twooftheworld’sleadingexpertsondevelopment—revealwhyitisnotgeography,disease,orculturethatexplai
