为什么有的国家贫困而有的国家经济持续繁荣?阿西莫格鲁和罗宾逊的回答是:包容性制度。本文对《国家为什么会失败》一书的中心主题“包容性经济和政治制度与经济持续繁荣的关系”进行了概括性阐述后,结合福山的《国家构建》、本瑟利与皮尔森的《繁荣的支柱》进一步讨论了制度、国家能力和经济繁荣的关系。《国家为什么会失败》一书很大程度是作者在理论上对既有实证研究的总结,在方法上是新比较政治经济史研究的卓有成效的实践,但该书并没有提供包容性制度如何产生和如何作用的更充分的解释。 Why some countries are poor and some countries continued to flourish economy? Asmoglu and Robinson’s answer is: inclusive system. After a general exposition on the central theme of “why the state fails,” “the relationship between inclusive economy and political system and sustained economic prosperity,” this article combines Fukuyama’s “national construction,” and Bensely and Pearson The “Pillars of Prosperity” further discussed the relationship between institutions, national capabilities and economic prosperity. To a large extent, the book “Why the State fails” is the author’s summary of the existing empirical research in theory, and is a very effective practice in the political and economic history of the new comparison. However, the book does not provide an explanation of how an inclusive system will emerge And a more full explanation of how it works.