Daron Acemoğlu: "Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty"

Daron Acemoğlu of MIT discusses his book, "Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty." "Why Nations Fail" answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine?
This talk was taped on March 21, 2012.