James Robinson is professor of government at Harvard University
Harvard Professor of Government, James Robinson presents a provocative new theory of political economy, explaining why the world is divided into nations with wildly differing levels of prosperity.
Chaired by Paul Collier, professor of economics at Oxford University
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