Why Nations Fail

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

Authors	Daron Acemoglu, James Robinson
Language	English
Genre	Comparative politics, Economics
Publisher	Crown Business
Publication date	March 20, 2012
Publication place	United States
Media type	Hardcover, Audiobook, Amazon Kindle
Pages	546
ISBN	0307719219
OCLC	729065001

Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, first published in 2012, is a book by economists Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson. The book applies insights from institutional economics, development economics and economic history to understand why nations develop differently, with some succeeding in the accumulation of power and prosperity and others failing, via a wide range of historical case studies.

The authors also maintain a website (with a blog inactive since 2014) about the ongoing discussion of the book.