Books on Nation Building


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


Anatomy of the State
by Murray Rothbard




Against Democracy
by Jason Brennan


End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration
by Peter Turchin




Feral: Rewilding the Land, the Sea, and Human Life
by George Monbiot


To Stand with the Nations of the World: Japan's Meiji Restoration in World History
by Mark J. Ravina




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




Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy: Building a Global Policy School in Asia
by Kishore Mahbubani and others








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