The Arab Spring was a widespread series of anti-government protests across North Africa and the Middle East from late 2010 to 2012. These protests were ongoing when Acemoglu and Robinson published Why Nations Fail.
The Arab Spring Quotes in Why Nations Fail
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In this book we’ll argue that the Egyptians in Tahrir Square, not most academics and commentators, have the right idea. In fact, Egypt is poor precisely because it has been ruled by a narrow elite that have organized society for their own benefit at the expense of the vast mass of people. Political power has been narrowly concentrated, and has been used to create great wealth for those who possess it, such as the $70 billion fortune apparently accumulated by ex-president Mubarak. The losers have been the Egyptian people, as they only too well understand.
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Preface
...disparities between rich and poor countries. While Acemoglu and Robinson were writing the book, the Arab Spring revolutions rocked the Middle East, fueled by widespread poverty and anger at the elite ruling...
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...the United States, Acemoglu and Robinson look to Egyptians themselves. Egyptian protestors participating in the Arab Spring uniformly blame their nation’s troubles on corruption and the repression of civil liberties. They demand...
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...in creating widespread prosperity and others fail. But it remains to be seen whether the Arab Spring will succeed, too.
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Chapter 13: Why Nations Fail Today
...institutions have consistently driven its economic institutions toward extractive policies, too. This continued until the Arab Spring protests tumbled President Mubarak’s regime in 2011.
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