Sunday, January 17, 2010

The Slow Pace of Changes in Institutions


Today in Prague, James Robinson (Harvard) talked about the persistence of institutions, stressing the importances of changes in political powers as drivers of changes in institutions

http://www.gdnet.org/cms.php?id=conference_session_details&conference_id=11&conference_session_id=296

Unfortunately (though not unexpectedly), it looks like Ukraine hasn't changed much in terms o political power, as the old protagonists have made it to the second round of the presidential elections.

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