Pillars of Prosperity: The Political Economics of Development Clusters (Yrjo Jahnsson Lectures)
Honorable Mention for the 2011 PROSE Award in Economics,s, Association of American Publishers"This is a fascinating set of questions, andPillars of Prosperitywill be essential reading for other researchers in this area."--Diane Coyle,Enlightened Economist"Besley and Persson have written a book that seeks to bring weak and fragile states into mainstream economic analysis. . . . [I]f you wish to model the fiscal capacity of various nations, or their legal capacity, or political violence . . . this is an ideal place to start. . . . This is a marvelous book."--Daniel Bromley,American Journal of Agricultural Economics