Why are some nations rich and others poor? Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of the right policies? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson conclusively show that it is man-made political and eco…
De la sobrecubierta: "Scholars normally emphasize the contrast between the two great eighteenth-century thinkers Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith. Rousseau is seen as a critic of modernity, Smith as an apologist. Istvan Hont, however, finds significant commonalities in their…
¿Por qué aumentan los niveles de estrés y ansiedad si los economistas y los políticos nos dicen que nunca hemos estado tan bien? Mientras las estadísticas nos informan de que la mayor parte de la gente se está enriqueciendo de forma constante, el mundo con el que la mayoría de n…
