I was lucky enough to kick all this off with one of the great living developmental economists, James Robinson, author of ‘Why Nations Fail’ and this encouraged me further down the exploration of what makes a nation thrive, suffer and endure.

This is a neat little collection of worldviews when it comes to answering that impossible question.

TOP 3

• #144 Ed Conway | The Unbelievable Efficiency Of Globalisation - Material World
• #111 Bill Browder | Freezing Oligarchs Assets & The Chaos Of Soviet Russia Market Transition
• #24 James Robinson | Why Nations Fail

• #155: Zeke Faux | Into To The Belly Of Crypto Mania.. Number Go Up?
• #153: Duncan Mavin | Lex Greensill's Billion Dollar House Of Cards & Scandalous Collapse
• #151: Luca Dellanna | It's Ergodicity All The Way Down
• #150: Russ Roberts | Interviewing Christopher Hitchens, Nassim Taleb & Reflecting On 15+ Years Of EconTalk
• #149 Desmond Shum | Climbing The Peak Of China's Elite & Fleeing Before Being Disappeared
• #145 Tim Marshall | The Future Of Geography, Europe & Sweden + Re-Visiting Prisoners Of Geography
• #144 Ed Conway | The Unbelievable Efficiency Of Globalisation - Material World
• #131 Erik Townsend | The Don Of Macrovoices On Energy Transition, His Early Life Formative Experiences & Behind The Scenes Of Macrovoices
• #125 Bolor Lkhaajav | It's Mongolia All The Way Down
• #122 Nicholas Niarchos | Mining In The Heart Of Darkness - Cobalt & The Congo