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Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e, the book answers one of the oldest and most fundamental questions in human history: Why are some countries rich, prosperous, and developed, while others remain trapped in poverty, chaos, and disease?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003eThe authors' revolutionary thesis sweeps away traditional explanations. They argue that global inequality is not caused by a nation’s geography, its climate, its culture, or the ignorance of its leaders. Instead, \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"213\"\u003eprosperity is entirely determined by a society's political and economic institutions.\u003c\/b\u003e Wealthy nations succeed because they build open, fair, and rule-based systems; poor nations fail because their systems are rigged to benefit a small elite at the expense of everyone else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"attachment-container search-images\"\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-path-to-node=\"28\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"28\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eThe Perfect Case Study: Nogales\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"29\"\u003eTo prove that geography, culture, and genetics do not explain wealth, the book opens with a brilliant, real-world natural experiment: \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"29\" data-index-in-node=\"134\"\u003eThe city of Nogales.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"30\"\u003eThe city is sliced perfectly in half by a border fence:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"31,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"31,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eNogales, Arizona (USA):\u003c\/b\u003e The average household income is relatively high. 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