- All's Well That Ends Well
- Antony and Cleopatra
- As You Like It
- The Comedy of Errors
- Coriolanus
- Cymbeline
- Hamlet
- Henry IV, Part 1
- Henry IV, Part 2
- Henry V
- Henry VI, Part 1
- Henry VI, Part 2
- Henry VI, Part 3
- Henry VIII
- Julius Caesar
- King John
- King Lear
- Love's Labor's Lost
- A Lover's Complaint
- Macbeth
- Measure for Measure
- The Merchant of Venice
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Othello
- Pericles
- The Rape of Lucrece
- Richard II
- Richard III
- Romeo and Juliet
- Shakespeare's Sonnets
- The Taming of the Shrew
- The Tempest
- Timon of Athens
- Titus Andronicus
- Troilus and Cressida
- Twelfth Night
- The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Venus and Adonis
- The Winter's Tale
Acemoglu and Robinson argue that prosperous countries tend to stay wealthy because their inclusive institutions stay strong over time. Inclusive institutions make it harder for autocrats to seize power, and they empower the population as a whole by generating economic prosperity, both of which feed further pluralism and keep institutions inclusive over time.
In fact, Acemoglu and Robinson actually suggest that the virtuous circle makes pluralism and inclusive institutions stronger over time. English history provides a clear example of this. After the Glorious Revolution, only about two percent of the population could vote, and certain rural areas were heavily overrepresented…