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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson Available March 2012 whynationsfail.com Joined November 2011-
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Associated with our new book, the Narrow Corridor, we have started a new Twitter account. Please follow us at Daron Acemoglu@ NarrowCorridor
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