We in the West are the "haves." Much of the rest of the world - Africa, South Asia, South America - are the "have-nots." While it has always been this way - a world divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine - the extent of inequality across nations toda…
Why is North Korea, a geographical, ethnic and cultural mirror of its capitalist neighbour, ten times poorer than South Korea? 'Why Nations Fail' analyses the root of the problems facing some nations, and why they are so difficult (though not impossible) to overcome.
Présentation de l'éditeur : "Shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2012. Why are some nations more prosperous than others? Why Nations Fail sets out to answer this question, with a compelling and elegantly argued new theory: that i…
David Graeber here applies anthropological theory to capitalism and its opponents. His analysis uses case studies from such diverse communities as rural Madagascans, pre-capitalist economies and urban international protest groups to tease out the truth about the state we're in.
Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Otherwise, how to explain why Botswana has become one of the fastest growing countries in the world, while other African …
Recent, dramatic changes in local and global economies have profoundly affected the lives of millions and have demanded that students of these economies rethink their analytical approaches. In "The Anthropology of Economy: Community, Market, and Culture", noted economic anthropo…
