NEW: A South Florida synagogue has sued over Florida's 15-week abortion ban, contending the measure violates religious-freedom rights. “In Jewish law, abortion is required if necessary to protect the health, mental or physical well-being of the woman."
Why Nations Fail: embedded in the book is a great survey on the immediate and lasting impact of colonialism on disparate countries from North and South America to Africa and Australia--attempts at systematic exploitation as great as circumstances allowed.
Why Nations Fail is repetitive and not particularly well written nor edited, but I greatly admire the ambition and analysis of Acemoglu and Robinson. It has given me a new lens in viewing the rise and fall of nations: extractive vs inclusive institutions (to oversimplify)
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