--- title: "1 Create Poverty Quotes By Daron Acemoğlu" description: "1 Create Poverty quotes by Daron Acemoğlu. Plus more from Daron Acemoğlu and more Create Poverty sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/daron-acemo-lu-4415_poverty_as-we-will-show-poor-countries-are-poor_1843522.jpg" --- > [“As we will show, poor countries are poor because those who have power make choices that create poverty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daron-acemo-lu/as-we-will-show-poor-countries-are-poor-because-those-who-have-power/) [Daron Acemoğlu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daron-acemo-lu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/daron-acemo-lu-4415_poverty_as-we-will-show-poor-countries-are-poor_1843522.jpg) ## Other authors on Create Poverty ## More by Daron Acemoğlu > [“AUSTRALIA, LIKE THE UNITED STATES, experienced a different path to inclusive institutions than the one taken by England. The same revolutions that shook England…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daron-acemo-lu/australia-like-the-united-states-experienced-a-different-path-to/) [Daron Acemoğlu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daron-acemo-lu/) > [“As such, the usual pattern of interaction between a critical juncture and existing institutional differences leading to further institutional and economic divergence played out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daron-acemo-lu/as-such-the-usual-pattern-of-interaction-between-a-critical-juncture/) [Daron Acemoğlu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daron-acemo-lu/) > [“Lack of creative destruction and innovation is not the only reason why there are severe limits to growth under extractive institutions. The history of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daron-acemo-lu/lack-of-creative-destruction-and-innovation-is-not-the-only-reason/) [Daron Acemoğlu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daron-acemo-lu/) > [“As with France, an important consequence of the British Industrial Revolution for China and Japan was military vulnerability. China was humbled by British sea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daron-acemo-lu/as-with-france-an-important-consequence-of-the-british-industrial/) [Daron Acemoğlu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daron-acemo-lu/) > [“Though the extractive institutions that the Mayas created produced sufficient wealth for the cities to flourish and the elite to become wealthy and generate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daron-acemo-lu/though-the-extractive-institutions-that-the-mayas-created-produced/) [Daron Acemoğlu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daron-acemo-lu/) > [“THERE ARE HUGE DIFFERENCES in living standards around the world. Even the poorest citizens of the United States have incomes and access to health…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daron-acemo-lu/there-are-huge-differences-in-living-standards-around-the-world-even/) [Daron Acemoğlu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daron-acemo-lu/) > [“The Maya’s economy was based on extensive occupational specialization, with skilled potters, weavers, woodworkers, and tool and ornament makers. They also traded obsidian, jaguar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daron-acemo-lu/the-maya-s-economy-was-based-on-extensive-occupational-specialization/) [Daron Acemoğlu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daron-acemo-lu/) > [“In the same way, current Chinese growth has nothing to do with Chinese values or changes in Chinese culture; it results from a process…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daron-acemo-lu/in-the-same-way-current-chinese-growth-has-nothing-to-do-with-chinese/) [Daron Acemoğlu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daron-acemo-lu/) > [“NATIONS FAIL TODAY because their extractive economic institutions do not create the incentives needed for people to save, invest, and innovate. Extractive political institutions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daron-acemo-lu/nations-fail-today-because-their-extractive-economic-institutions-do/) [Daron Acemoğlu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daron-acemo-lu/) > [“The geography hypothesis claims that the great divide between rich and poor countries is created by geographical differences. Many poor countries, such as those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daron-acemo-lu/the-geography-hypothesis-claims-that-the-great-divide-between-rich/) [Daron Acemoğlu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daron-acemo-lu/) > [“Politics is the process by which a society chooses the rules that will govern it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daron-acemo-lu/politics-is-the-process-by-which-a-society-chooses-the-rules-that/) [Daron Acemoğlu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daron-acemo-lu/) > [“The pattern of vicious circle depicted by the transition between Haile Selassie and Mengistu, or between the British colonial governors of Sierra Leone and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daron-acemo-lu/the-pattern-of-vicious-circle-depicted-by-the-transition-between/) [Daron Acemoğlu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daron-acemo-lu/) > [“NATIONS FAIL TODAY because their extractive economic institutions do not create the incentives needed for people to save, invest, and innovate. Extractive political institutions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daron-acemo-lu/nations-fail-today-because-their-extractive-economic-institutions-do-2/) [Daron Acemoğlu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daron-acemo-lu/) > [Inclusive economic institutions require secure property rights and economic opportunities not just for the elite but for a broad cross-section of society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daron-acemo-lu/inclusive-economic-institutions-require-secure-property-rights-and/) [Daron Acemoglu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daron-acemo-lu/) > [“Inequality in the modern world largely results from the uneven dissemination and adoption of technologies,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daron-acemo-lu/inequality-in-the-modern-world-largely-results-from-the-uneven/) [Daron Acemoğlu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daron-acemo-lu/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/create-poverty/daron-acemo-lu/#itemlist", "name": "1 Create Poverty Quotes By Daron Acemoğlu", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“As we will show, poor countries are poor because those who have power make choices that create poverty.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daron Acemoğlu" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daron-acemo-lu/as-we-will-show-poor-countries-are-poor-because-those-who-have-power/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/daron-acemo-lu-4415_poverty_as-we-will-show-poor-countries-are-poor_1843522.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/daron-acemo-lu-4415_poverty_as-we-will-show-poor-countries-are-poor_1843522.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/daron-acemo-lu-4415_poverty_as-we-will-show-poor-countries-are-poor_1843522.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As we will show, poor countries are poor because those who have power make choices that create poverty.” — Daron Acemoğlu", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/create-poverty/daron-acemo-lu/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/create-poverty/daron-acemo-lu/", "name": "Create Poverty Quotes by Daron Acemoğlu", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/create-poverty/daron-acemo-lu/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/daron-acemo-lu-4415_poverty_as-we-will-show-poor-countries-are-poor_1843522.jpg" }, "description": "1 Create Poverty quotes by Daron Acemoğlu. 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