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Review of Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson's Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

"Steven Hail has coalesced disparate yet interdependent conceptualizations of real world phenomena in a brilliant and crucial way to produce a blueprint for sustainable prosperity. The book is essential reading for anyone searching for an alternative to the mainstream orthodoxy that has played no small part in the creation of an ecologically unsustainable and inequitable world."--Philip Lawn, University of Newcastle, Australia; author of Resolving the Climate Change Crisis- The Ecological Economics of Climate Change "This book should be a compulsory text for all undergraduate students, high-school students, students of life, policy makers, and of course economists themselves. In an era of tumult and political crisis, this book will tighten your grip on reality."--Claire Connelly, award-winning journalist, Renegade Inc. "Dr. Hail makes a compelling case for sustainability through a modern money lens that is accessible and useful for the 99%." --Steven Grumbine, founder, Real Progressives The central argument of this book is that the foundations for sustainable prosperity lie in an approach to economic management based on modern monetary theory and a job guarantee. This approach builds on the work of Keynes, Kalecki, Minsky, Davidson, Godley and other Post- Keynesian economists--as well as research by behavioral economists including Simon, Kahneman and Loewenstein--to explore the role that a permanent, equitable job guarantee could play in building an inclusive, participatory and just society. Orthodox (neoclassical) economics, in its various forms, has failed to deliver sustainable prosperity. An important reason for this failure is its lack of realistic foundations. It misrepresents both human nature and economic institutions, and its use as a frame for the development and assessment of economic policy proposals has had disastrous consequences for social inclusion and the quality of life of millions of people. This book discusses an alternative, more realistic and more useful set of economic foundations, which could deliver the opportunity of a decent quality of life with dignity to all.--

Front Cover -- Half Title Page -- RIVER PUBLISHERS SERIES IN MULTI BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGIES AND SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS -- Title Page - Bringing Forth Prosperity: Capacity Innovation in Africa -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Exhibits -- Chapter - 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Direction and Purpose of Book -- 1.2 Need and Approach -- 1.3 Objectives -- 1.4 Undertaking the Objectives -- Chapter 2 - Capital Theory and Development: Has Africa Been Overlooked? -- 2.1 Capital Theory and Government Corruption -- 2.1.1 Government Institutions -- 2.1.2 Give-and-Take -- 2.1.3 The Government Apparatus: Governmental Decree -- 2.1.4 Constitution -- 2.1.5 Rule of Law -- 2.1.6 Bodies of Government -- 2.1.7 So - Has Africa Been Overlooked? -- Chapter 3 - Towards an Analytical Policy Framework for Assessing Capacity Innovation: A Standalone African Perspective* -- 3.1 Africa's Predicament -- 3.2 Capacity Innovation's Purpose: What It Needs to Accomplish -- 3.2.1 What's Missing - A Look at the Core Challenges -- 3.2.2 Comparative Advantage -- 3.2.3 Mini-States and Critical Mass -- 3.2.4 Price-Takers -- 3.2.5 Economic Complementarity -- 3.2.6 Communication -- 3.2.7 Collective Self-Reliance - Economic Integration -- 3.2.8 Currency -- 3.2.9 Governance -- 3.2.10 The Capacity Innovation Endgame -- 3.2.11 What Might Be Done:The Path to Capacity Innovation -- 3.2.12 Closing Comments -- Chapter 4 - Top Down-Bottom Up Capacity Innovation -- 4.1 Integrative Approach:Top Down-Bottom Up Convergence -- 4.2 Capacity Innovation for Prosperity:Top Down-Bottom Up with a Twist -- 4.3 Land Tenure, Property Rights and Ownership -- Chapter 5 - The Country Capacity ID -- 5.1 Population -- 5.2 Resources of Commercial Importance -- 5.3 Literacy -- 5.4 Human Development Index -- 5.5 Capital Formation -- 5.6 Infrastructure.

Bill is joined by Friday co-host Behnam Ben Taleblu to check in on the U.S.-led coalition formed earlier this week in response to increased maritime aggression from the Iran-backed Houthis. Spoiler: France seems to already be backing out. They examine countries noticeably absent from the bloc, like Egypt, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia. They also ponder the strategic nature of Operation Prosperity Guardian — is it only defensive? How about going on the offensive to prevent Houthi attacks in the first place? Bill thinks he's seen this movie before. It's the one where they ignore the core of the issue.
The post Generation Jihad Ep. 129 — Measuring the prosperity of Operation Prosperity first appeared on FDD's Long War Journal.