Comments on: Daron, Jim and Mitt http://cheaptalk.org/2012/08/01/daron-jim-and-mitt/ A blog about economics, politics and the random interests of forty-something professors Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:10:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Información sobre ‘Why Nations Fail?’ de Acemoglu y Robinson | nujateri http://cheaptalk.org/2012/08/01/daron-jim-and-mitt/#comment-22019 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:14:15 +0000 http://cheaptalk.org/?p=12027#comment-22019 [...] Diamond, sólo para que los investigadores le contradijeran. Se menciona en mucho sitios, p.e. CheapTalk y [...]

]]> By: piffledragon http://cheaptalk.org/2012/08/01/daron-jim-and-mitt/#comment-16963 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 23:13:31 +0000 http://cheaptalk.org/?p=12027#comment-16963 Institutions do not fall from the sky nor can they be imposed willy nilly. Obviously institutions matter. The relevant question is why certain institutions develop and when certain institutions or changes in institutions can be maintained.

]]> By: ramsey http://cheaptalk.org/2012/08/01/daron-jim-and-mitt/#comment-16362 Sun, 05 Aug 2012 21:46:36 +0000 http://cheaptalk.org/?p=12027#comment-16362 How about subpopulations within a country? For instance, compare immigrants to the US by country of origin.

]]> By: John B. Chilton (@uaeeconomist) http://cheaptalk.org/2012/08/01/daron-jim-and-mitt/#comment-16238 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:44:31 +0000 http://cheaptalk.org/?p=12027#comment-16238 Daron and Jim in FP,

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/08/01/uncultured?page=full

]]> By: Why a nation that fails to be a nation, fails, or does it? « Entitled to an Opinion http://cheaptalk.org/2012/08/01/daron-jim-and-mitt/#comment-16225 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 04:05:50 +0000 http://cheaptalk.org/?p=12027#comment-16225 [...] too many posts ago that I last discussed the “Why Nations Fail” blog but via Cheap Talk I see it has become relevant to the news-cycle. They respond to Mitt Romney’s claim that [...]

]]> By: kerokan http://cheaptalk.org/2012/08/01/daron-jim-and-mitt/#comment-16151 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:33:48 +0000 http://cheaptalk.org/?p=12027#comment-16151 Comparison between India and Pakistan may provide good insights. Before the partition Muslims and Indians lived in the same geography and under the same institutions. After the partition Muslims took Pakistan in one direction, shaping both its institutions and wealth, while Indians took India in a different direction.

]]> By: Guest http://cheaptalk.org/2012/08/01/daron-jim-and-mitt/#comment-16149 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:21:20 +0000 http://cheaptalk.org/?p=12027#comment-16149 Comparison of
Indian states would provide good insights.

]]> By: John B. Chilton (@uaeeconomist) http://cheaptalk.org/2012/08/01/daron-jim-and-mitt/#comment-16128 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 13:25:36 +0000 http://cheaptalk.org/?p=12027#comment-16128 We know why North Korea has poor institutions. A good question would be why the Palestinians have poor institutions. I would look to the persistent state of indeterminacy as to their status.

The Palestinian diaspora has done quite well in countries that have good institutions.

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