Tim Modise

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Timothy Modise is a South African veteran journalist, broadcaster, public speaker and philanthropist. Boasting over thirty years in broadcast media and journalism, Modise has worked for various radio and TV stations of the SABC, M-Net, Primedia, BBC and Power FM across different formats from music, current affairs and talk shows.

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Why Nations Fail

The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

Daron Acemoglu - Sep 17, 2013 (first published in 2012)

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WHY ARE SOME NATIONS RICH AND OTHERS POOR, DIVIDED BY WEALTH AND POVERTY, HEALTH AND SICKNESS, FOOD AND FAMINE? Is it culture, the weather, geography that determines prosperity or poverty? As Why Nations Fail shows, none of these factors is either definitive or destiny. Drawing on fifteen years of original research, Daron Acemoglu and James Robin...

Tim Modise

Jun 15, 2019

Great book, very perceptive. I recommend it to anyone who is open-minded and keen to help build a successful nation that provides support and is home to aspirant youths. 🇿🇦 – source

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