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 \nf we ask simple questions like,\"Whyare some nations rich and others poor?”or\"Why do countries grow at differentrates?”,we get a simple answer:Rich  \nWealth,Economic Infrastructure,and Monetary Policy  \neconomies have greater resources percapita—more capital,both human andnonhuman,and better technology con-necting the two.But this simple answeronly begs another question:“Why dosome economies have high levels of cap-ital and technology,while others don't?\"  \nTo answer this question,it is useful todetermine whether wealthier or faster-growing economies share characteristicsthat are notobserved in poorer or slower-growing ones.Investigations into thisissue have not been very revealing,andeconomists have been frustrated by theirinability to identify common policies thatwould explain a significant share of thewealth differentials.²But the lack of aclear link between specific“growth”policies and an economy's ultimate pros-perity has led us to think more broadlyabout the state and prosperity.That is,thepolicies that nations adopt may not beindividually revealing,but in their total-ity they reflect an economic infrastruc-ture that the state helps build.  \nFor example,viewed in isolation,an in-crease in a nation's educational effortshould have a decidedly positive influ-ence on its wealth.However,such pro-grams may still fail if the rate of taxa-tion on labor income is high,transfersbetween generations are large,or otherpolicies are in place that reduce peo-ple's incentive to add to their stock ofhuman capital.  \nIn the realm ofeconomics,controlledexperiments are not possible.At raretimes,though,natural experiments pre-sent themselves,and recently we have  \nAugust 1,1997  \nWhy are some countries rich and oth-ers poor?The simple answer—thatrich countries have more resourcesper capita—merely begs anotherquestion:Why are some countriesmore successful in accumulating re-sources?Often overlooked is thestate's role in promoting the develop-ment of an\"economic infrastructure.\"It's not the specific“growth\"pro-grams that governments enact whichdetermine a nation's prosperity,butthe totality of the state's attitude to-ward the accumulation of privatewealth,including the central bank'smanagement of a nation's money.  \nhad a unique opportunity to study theroleof the economic infrastructure ininfluencing nations'prosperity.In thelast seven years,at least 15 newly createdmarket economies have emerged withinthe former Soviet Empire,in addition tothe liberated Eastern European countries.Perhaps not surprisingly,these emergingeconomies have experienced vastly vary-ing degrees of prosperity.Consider thatsince 1989,the five worst-performingSoviet spin-ofis have seen a decline inmeasured output about tw","cbCaioMpy44aZu1n","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioMpy44aZu1n","pdf",1954737,"English","# The Nature and Causes of Economic Prosperity\n## The Public Infrastructure of Nations","[{\"question\":\"Why do some countries become rich while others remain poor?\",\"answer\":\"The text argues that richer economies have more resources per capita, but the deeper driver is the state’s role in promoting an economic infrastructure that enables production and accumulation of private wealth.\"},{\"question\":\"How does monetary policy relate to economic prosperity?\",\"answer\":\"Monetary policy, including the central bank’s management of a nation’s money, is presented as an important part of the broader economic infrastructure that influences prosperity.\"},{\"question\":\"What determines whether countries benefit from a technology revolution?\",\"answer\":\"Countries that can quickly adopt emerging technologies in the workplace gain more, while those with barriers—such as regulatory restrictions, redistribution efforts, or sabotage—face larger prosperity gaps.\"}]","The Nature and Causes of Economic Prosperity | PDF",1790641717,13]