Quotes from Daron Acemoglu, James Robinson

poor countries are poor because those who have power make choices that create poverty. They get it wrong not by mistake or ignorance but on purpose. To understand this, you have to go beyond economics and expert advice on the best thing to do and, instead, study how decisions actually get made, who gets to make them, and why those people decide to do what they do.

During critical junctures, a major event or confluence of factors disrupts the existing balance of political or economic power in a nation.

La política es el proceso mediante el cual una sociedad elige las reglas que la gobernarán