Personally it was kinda my political awakening. The way that daron/james explains everything made it so digestible and it just made everything click into place in my mind. The amount of evidence it puts behind its points and how well explained each one is just blows my mind. 9.5/10 essential reading imo especially for liberals.
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its’s a good book i agree
It’s usually thought of as this subs bible
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👆 literally me
It’s about worms.
This sub considers it a bible.
I’m reading it now and several of my DT posts are just a live commentary.
I like it. Very insightful.
I don’t think they properly respond to the arguments about geography and development.
But other than that, top tier. It’s given me a new confidence in attributing blame to the right people and the right factors for underdevelopment.
The weirdest thing about the book is I find myself fluctuating between all parts of the political spectrum as I read the book. Sometimes the authors come across as auth left – they go on about the importance of centralized governments. But then they sound right wing because what they want the centralized government to do is to facilitate trade and protect property rights. But then monopolists are evil and we need to stop them.
The second book of the same authors titled “The narrow corridor” is much better. Easier to read, consistent, more interesting, they learnt how to work together smoothly. Read that first.
I love the book dearly, however I found this a very interesting critique from an Africanist:
[https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/acemoglu-in-kongo-a-critique-of-why](https://www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/acemoglu-in-kongo-a-critique-of-why)