1. Government, Geography, and Growth Author: Jeffrey D. Sachs Publication Date: 10-2012 Content Type: Journal Article Journal: Foreign Affairs Institution: Council on Foreign Relations Abstract: According to Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson's Why Nations Fail, economic development hinges on a country's political institutions. But their monocausal analysis ignores other important factors (such as geography) that can also affect growth. Topic: Government Political Geography: Europe