Quote by Douglass North
"The performance of nations depends less on resources than on institutional quality."
"The performance of nations depends less on resources than on institutional quality."
"Institutions are the humanly devised constraints that shape human interaction."
"The performance of economies over time is determined by institutions and institutional change."
"Ideas have consequences, and the ideas we hold shape the institutions we create."
"Economic history is fundamentally about understanding how societies organize production and exchange."