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24 alternatives to Why Nations Fail

The origins of power, prosperity, and poverty

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Why Nations Fail launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Collapse▲68

   How societies choose to fail and succeed

   2015 · amazon.ca · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Why We Fail▲76

   Learn from other people's failures.

   2016 · rosenfeldmedia.com · its alternatives →

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   The Accidental Superpower▲67

   A contrarian assessment of American power

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   The Hidden Wealth of Nations▲60

   The scourge of tax havens

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   The Great Escape▲59

   Health, wealth, and the origins of inequality

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Misfit Economy▲81

   Innovation on the fringe...

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Netocracy▲56

   The new power elite and life after capitalism

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned▲61

   The myth of the objective

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Truth, Errors, and Lies: Politics and Economics in a Volatil▲56

   Politics and Economics of the Future

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Rational Optimist▲77

    How prosperity evolves

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Sources of Power▲66

    How people make decisions

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Sapiens▲185

    A brief history of humankind

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Balance of Power▲59

    International politics as the ultimate global game

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The End of Average▲63

    How we succeed in a world that values sameness

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Resilience ▲55

    Why things bounce back

    2015 · amazon.ca · its alternatives →

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    Collapse and Revival - the causes and consequences of global recessions and economic recoveries▲56

    free ebook in exchange for your reading data

    2016 · jellybooks.com · its alternatives →

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    For God, Country, and Coca-Cola▲67

    America's socio-economic history through the "glass"

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Black Box Thinking▲66

    Why most people never learn from their mistakes--but some do

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus▲77

    How growth became the enemy of prosperity

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Divide▲63

    American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Prosper!▲55

    How to create a world worth inheriting

    2016 · namecheap.com · its alternatives →

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    Whither the World: The Political Economy of the Future▲54

    What's the future?

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies▲77

    Explains the roots of resistance to new technologies

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Fooled By Randomness ▲105

    The hidden role of chance in life and markets

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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