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Paul Collier


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Paul Collier, CBE is a Professor of Economics, Director for the Centre for the Study of African Economies at the University of Oxford and Fellow of St Antony's College. He is the author of The Plundered Planet; Wars, Guns, and Votes; and The Bottom Billion, winner of Estoril Distinguished Book Prize, the Arthur Ross Book Award, and the Lionel Gelber Prize.

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The Bottom Billion: Why the...
3.85 avg rating — 7,976 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions
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The Future of Capitalism: F...
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Exodus: How Migration is Ch...
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Wars, Guns, and Votes: Demo...
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The Plundered Planet: Why W...
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Greed Is Dead
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Left Behind: A New Economic...
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The Second World War (4): T...
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“Elections determine who is in power, but they do not determine how power is used.”
― Paul Collier, The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
tags: democracy, elections, power
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“Rebels usually have something to complain about, and if they don't they make it up. All too often the really disadvantaged are in no position to rebel; they just suffer quietly.”
― Paul Collier, The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
tags: poverty
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“You are a citizen, and citizenship carries responsibilities.”
― Paul Collier, The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
tags: citizenship
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