Editing Institutions and Economic Growth (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Analyzing</span> ==
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|+ Geography vs. Institutions
! Feature !! Geography Hypothesis (Sachs/Diamond) !! Institution Hypothesis (Acemoglu)
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| Reason for Poverty || "Hot Climate / No Coast / Diseases" || "Bad Rules / No Property Rights"
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| Changeable? || "Hard" (You can't move the equator) || "Yes" (You can change the laws)
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| Focus || "Technological Fixes" (Vaccines/Roads) || "Political Reform" (Democracy/Law)
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| Evidence || "Landlocked countries are poorer" || "Colonial borders created different outcomes"
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| Analogy || 'Born in a Desert' || 'Born in a Prison'
|}

'''The Concept of "Political Losers"''': Analyzing "Resistance." Why don't "Dictators" just "Adopt Good Rules"? Because "Good Rules" (like 'Competition') make the "Dictator" and his "Friends" "Lose Power." They prefer to be "Rich in a Poor Country" rather than "Average in a Rich Country." "Bad Institutions" are "Intentional Choices."
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