Poder y progreso

nuestra lucha milenaria por la tecnología y la prosperidad

Los prestigiosos economistas Daron Acemoglu y Simon Johnson demuestran que el desarrollo técnico es indispensable para el avance de la democraciaEl progreso no es un destino predeterminado, sino que depende de las elecciones que hagamos sobre la tecnología. Esta reflexión resulta muy pertinente en un ...

Power and progress

our thousand-year struggle over technology and prosperity

Throughout history, technological change - whether in the form of agricultural improvements in the Middle Ages, the Industrial Revolution, or today's artificial intelligence - has been viewed as a main driver of prosperity, working in the public interest. The reality, though, is that technology is shaped ...

El pasillo estrecho

Estados, sociedades y cómo alcanzar la libertad

La libertad no es el orden natural de la humanidad. En la mayoría de lugares y de épocas, los fuertes han dominado a los débiles y la libertad ha sido aplastada por la fuerza o por las costumbres y las normas. A menudo los Estados ...

Economics

For courses in Principles of Economics. Acemoglu, Laibson, List: An evidence-based approach to economics Throughout Economics, 2nd Edition, authors Daron Acemoglu, David Laibson, and John List use real economic questions and data to help students learn about the world around them. Taking a fresh approach ...

Economía

un primer curso inspirado en el mundo real

En este libro, pensado para un primer curso de economía, Daron Acemoglu, David Laibson y John List utilizan problemas económicos y datos reales para ayudar a los estudiantes a aprender sobre el mundo que los rodea. Adoptando una perspectiva fresca y novedosa, los autores nos ...

Por qué fracasan los países

los orígenes del poder, la prosperidad y la pobreza

¿Por qué algunas naciones son más prósperas que otras? Nogales (Arizona) y Nogales (Sonora) tienen la misma población, cultura y situación geográfica. ¿Por qué una es rica y la otra, pobre? ¿Por qué los egipcios llenaron la plaza de Tahrir para derrocar a Hosni Mubarak ...

Why nations fail

the origins of power, prosperity and poverty

This is a provocative bestseller that explains why the world is divided into nations with wildly differing levels of prosperity. 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 ...

Por qué fracasan los países

los orígenes del poder, la prosperidad y la pobreza

¿Por qué algunas naciones son más prósperas que otras? Nogales (Arizona) y Nogales (Sonora) tienen la misma población, cultura y situación geográfica. ¿Por qué una es rica y la otra, pobre? ¿Por qué los egipcios llenaron la plaza de Tahrir para derrocar a Hosni Mubarak ...

Why nations fail

the origins of power, prosperity, and poverty

Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of ...

Economic origins of dictatorship and democracy

This book develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy. Different social groups prefer different political institutions because of the way they allocate political power and resources. Thus democracy is preferred by the majority of citizens, but opposed by elites. Dictatorship nevertheless ...

Introduction to modern economic growth

"Introduction to Modern Economic Growth" is a groundbreaking text from one of today's leading economists. Daron Acemoglu gives graduate students not only the tools to analyze growth and related macroeconomic problems, but also the broad perspective needed to apply those tools to the big-picture ...

Economic origins of dictatorship and democracy

This book develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy. Different social groups prefer different political institutions because of the way they allocate political power and resources. Thus democracy is preferred by the majority of citizens, but opposed by elites. Dictatorship nevertheless ...

Recent developments in growth theory

This two volume collection examines the major developmen in growth theory over the past decade. Key papers by leading scholars cover new trends in theoretical and empirical research.