Why do some countries fail? Why do others flourish? How do the balance of power, technological advances, and historical choices affect the development of our societies and nations?

Varför är inte hela världen rik?, published by Volante in Sweden, presents excerpts from three groundbreaking works written by Daron Acemoğlu, James A. Robinson and Simon Johnson – recipients of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 2024. It examines how institutions, power and technology shape the world.

Read Jesper Roine’s introduction and commentary from the volume, now translated into English, analyzing the linkages between the three seminal books and their implications today.