Why Nations Fail

This book tries to give an answer to why certain civilisations/states succeed while others don't. Unlike the well-known cultural theory it focuses on the way the state organises its institutions towards the citizens. Authors argue, that states based on inclusive institutions will always succeed in the long term over states where those institutions are created to serve a little group of a privileged class on the expense of the rest. The theory and the arguments presented are very compelling and described in a variety of angles. Sometimes, however, I felt as if some of them (arguments) were not very consistent and made more to prove the case. Also at the beginning of the book the Jared Diamond's theory from ‘Guns, germs and steel' (called the geographical theory) is somehow misunderstood or misused in my opinion, as they try to oppose it by the means of generalising over a universal period of time (it is applicable only to pre-globalisation/pre-conquests world).
The most important lesson coming from this read is how politics and institutions forming the state impact (in a mid-long term) our lives. It also puts the current political affairs into an interesting perspective (for example the intents on politicising institutions like courthouses in various countries) and its possible outcomes in the future.