Selected reading: Comparative institutional explanation and collective-action objection.
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Why do some societies prosper?
Identify the mechanism in one comparison and consider a confound or rival explanation.
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Read background definitions when a term blocks the argument. Then return to the source and reconstruct its claim in your own words.
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Institutions as the Fundamental Cause of Long-Run Growth
Acemoglu, Johnson · Robinson. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.
The Rise and Decline of Nations
Mancur Olson. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.
The Logic of Collective Action
Mancur Olson. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.
The Mystery of Capital
Hernando de Soto. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.
Poor Economics
Abhijit Banerjee · Esther Duflo. Compare assumptions, evidence and scope with the source above. These are editorial companions, not necessarily direct responses.