The βreversal of fortuneβ thesis and the
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Gareth Austin
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Article
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2008
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson have dramatically challenged the tendency of economists to confine their empirical search for the causes of economic growth to the recent past. They argue that the kind of institutions established by European colonialists, __either__ protecting private pro