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Old 10-26-2012, 10:35 PM   #10
Purple Haze
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Default Re: Lengthening Low-Tech History

Read the book Why Nations Fail (blog http://whynationsfail.com/). Extractive institutions cause development to stagnate because it threatens the hegemony of the ruling elite.

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