E XTRACTIVE I NSTITUTIONS
What Stalin, King Shyaam, the Neolithic Revolution, and
the Maya city-states all had in common and how this
explains why China’s current economic growth cannot last
6 .
D RIFTING A PART
How institutions evolve over time, often slowly drifting
apart
7 .
T HE T URNING P OINT
How a political revolution in 1688 changed institutions in
England and led to the Industrial Revolution
8 .
N OT ON O UR T URF: B ARRIERS TO D EVELOPMENT
Why the politically powerful in many nations opposed the
Industrial Revolution
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9 .
R EVERSING D EVELOPMENT
How European colonialism impoverished large parts of
the world
10 .
T HE D IFFUSION OF P ROSPERITY
How some parts of the world took different paths to
prosperity from that of Britain
11 .
T HE V IRTUOUS C IRCLE
How institutions that encourage prosperity create positive
feedback loops that prevent the efforts by elites to
undermine them
12 .
T HE V ICIOUS C IRCLE
How institutions that create poverty generate negative
feedback loops and endure