Pillars of Prosperity: The Political Economics of Development Clusters

by Timothy Besley and Torsten Persson

Book Overview

How nations can promote peace, prosperity, and stability through cohesive political institutions

"Little else is required to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice; all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things." So wrote Adam Smith a quarter of a millennium ago. Using the tools of modern political economics and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691158150
• ISBN13: 9780691158150
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.8"