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Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations by Ray Fisman, Edward Miguel
bpadinha's review
4.0
Corruption, violence, crime plague many developing (and even developed, actually) economies, but some seem better able to deal with those problems and escape the poverty trap.
This book takes a look at some of the more recent theories explaining the issues as well as the effectiveness of the solutions, and does so in a very entertaining, "freakonomics"-way.
It's also rather brief and to the , so I strongly recommended it to whoever is interested in the development of nations, and why some remain poor while others achieve good progress and well-being for their people.
This book takes a look at some of the more recent theories explaining the issues as well as the effectiveness of the solutions, and does so in a very entertaining, "freakonomics"-way.
It's also rather brief and to the , so I strongly recommended it to whoever is interested in the development of nations, and why some remain poor while others achieve good progress and well-being for their people.
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