Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (38 page)

The emergence of hierarchy and inequality before farming: the grave goods of the Natufian
elite
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Natufian-Burial-ElWad.jpg

Extractive growth: Soviet Gulag labor builds the White Sea canal
SOVFOTO

Britain falls far behind: the ruins of the Roman empire at Vindolanda
Courtesy of the Vindolanda Trust and Adam Stanford

Innovation, essence of inclusive economic growth: James Watt’s steam engine
The Granger Collection, NY

Organizational change, a consequence of inclusive institutions: the factory of Richard Arkwright at Cromford
The Granger Collection, NY

Fruits of unsustainable extractive growth: Zheng He’s ship alongside Columbus’s
Santa Maria
Gregory A. Harlin/National Geographic Stock

Bird’s-eye view of the dual economy in South Africa: poverty in Transkei, prosperity in Natal
Roger de la Harpe/Africa Imagery

Consequences of the Industrial Revolution: the storming of the
Bastille Bridgeman-Giraudon/Art Resource, NY

Challenges to inclusive institutions: the Standard Oil Company
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.

Noncreative destruction: abandoned Hasting railway station on the way to Bo in Sierra Leone
© Matt Stephenson:
www.itsayshere.org

Extractive institutions today: children working in an Uzbek cotton field
Environmental Justice Foundation,
www.ejfoundation.org

Breaking a mold: three Tswana chiefs on their way to London
Photograph by Willoughby, courtesy of Botswana National Archives & Records Services

Breaking another mold: Rosa Parks challenges extractive institutions in the U.S. south
The Granger Collection, NY