Global Discontents also marks out Chomsky's own intellectual journey
Two thousand miles from his mother's protective love
of engagement in great matters
His distinguished disciples followed suit
Robert Plant—all with new introductions and footnotes
Why Nations Fail : The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty Condition:Good Global Discontents also marks outBrilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, geography? Perhaps ignorance of what the right policies are? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Otherwise, how to explain why Botswana has become one of the fastest