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As seen in: The New York Times Opinion, The New York Times, Al Jazeera English, Five Books, The Montreal Review, Black Country Radio
Video Journalist for @nytimes Opinion Video. Author of WHALE EYES

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Why some countries fail while others prosper in the Middle East and Africa

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By James Robinson Verified
| Al Jazeera English Verified
The fundamental inquiry of political economy is why some nations achieve enduring prosperity while others are trapped in cycles of poverty and collapse. The answer lies not in geography or culture, but in the systems and rules that govern societies. When we evaluate the economic success or failure of a nation, we are ultimately evaluating its institutions. Economic outcomes are inextricably linked to the frameworks societies devise to shape incentives and opportunities.
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Economic Growth: Why Nations Fail

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By Daron Acemoglu, James Robinson Verified
| The Montreal Review Verified
If you start in the city center of Nogales Santa Cruz and walk south for a while, at some point you see houses become much more run down, streets turn decrepit. You have crossed the Mexican border into Nogales, Sonora. Though the two cities are made of the same cloth and were once united, now there are sharp differences between the two.
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Down In The Basement of 180 Studios, 2034 Has Arrived

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By Rachael Akhidenor, Marianne Astrid Close, James Robinson Verified
| tobemagazine.co
Romain Gavras and Surkin’s underground exhibition at 180 Studios conjures an unsettling sense that the future already looks a lot like the present. Most versions of the future promise you an ending. A flood, a war, a grid gone dark, some clean line where the world as we know it stops and whatever comes next begins. Visions of 2034 refuses that line entirely. Down in the basement of 180 Studios, Romain Gavras and Surkin have built a future with no collapse in it.
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