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🕰️ This episode was recorded in 2021.
Daron Acemoglu co-authored a book that analyses the various factors leading to failed states. As I live in Africa, this is particularly relevant to me.
Almost every country on the continent could be labelled a 'failed state' and it’s something I’ve often thought about. Is it because Black people can’t govern effectively? If so, what about the North African countries governed by Arabs?
I don't know but it's probably more nuanced.
And it is, say Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson who authored Why Nations Fail.
Daron is a professor at MIT and James is a professor at the University of Chicago. Both received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2024.
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🕰️ This episode was recorded in 2021.
Daron Acemoglu co-authored a book that analyses the various factors leading to failed states. As I live in Africa, this is particularly relevant to me.
Almost every country on the continent could be labelled a 'failed state' and it’s something I’ve often thought about. Is it because Black people can’t govern effectively? If so, what about the North African countries governed by Arabs?
I don't know but it's probably more nuanced.
And it is, say Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson who authored Why Nations Fail.
Daron is a professor at MIT and James is a professor at the University of Chicago. Both received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2024.
📺 Watch the video episode

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