Books on Nation Building
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Jan 31, 2024
Nations become rich, inclusive and strong "because their citizens overthrew the elites who controlled power and created a society where political rights were much more broadly distributed".
"It is organized people with some political centralization or cohesion that create inclusive and benevolent institutions at critical political junctures of history".
Those who are aware, prepared, work together, and dare... win.
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson
End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration:
by Peter Turchin
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
by Samuel P. Huntington
World Order
by Henry Kissinger
Against Democracy
by Jason Brennan
Authority and the Individual
by Bertrand Russell
To Stand with the Nations of the World: Japan's Meiji Restoration in World History
by Mark J. Ravina
The New Silk Roads: The New Asia and the Remaking of the World Order
by Peter Frankopan
Secrets in Global Governance: Disclosure Dilemmas and the Challenge of International Cooperation
by Allison Carnegie, Austin Carson
Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy
by Henry Kissinger
From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000
by Lee Kuan Yew
Economics in One Lesson
by Henry Hazlitt
The Puppeteers: The People Who Control the People Who Control America
by Jason Chaffetz
How the World Works
by Noam Chomsky
Endless Frontier: Vannevar Bush, Engineer of the American Century
by G. Pascal Zachary
Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
by Safi Bahcall
Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
by Chris Hedges
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