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Grabbing Power, Endangering Growth

Grabbing Power, Endangering Growth

IMF Podcasts · IMF Podcasts

January 8, 20139m 2s

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Show Notes

Why are some countries rich and others poor? James Robinson argues that the wealth of a country is most closely tied to how far the average person is able to share in its overall economic growth. But he warns that there is always a tendency for a small minority to try and concentrate power and wealth in its hands.