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+title: Why some nations grow rich
+kind: problem
+status: open
+year: 1776
+statement: Why did sustained economic growth begin in northwestern Europe, and why do some countries still not converge?
+space: economics
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+Candidate explanations include institutions, geography, culture, coal and colonial extraction. Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson won the 2024 economics Nobel for evidence on institutions from natural experiments. East Asia's catch-up shows convergence is possible, and nobody knows a recipe that reliably reproduces it.
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+## Sources
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+- [Wikipedia: Great Divergence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Divergence)
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+[[Space:economics|Wealth and growth]] · [[Continent:society|Society]]
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Candidate explanations include institutions, geography, culture, coal and colonial extraction. Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson won the 2024 economics Nobel for evidence on institutions from natural experiments. East Asia's catch-up shows convergence is possible, and nobody knows a recipe that reliably reproduces it.