The Narrow Corridor: States, Society and the Fate of Liberty. Distinguished lecture, James Robinson

James Robinson is a prominent economist, political scientist, and Professor at the University of Chicago.
Prof. Robinson has conducted influential research in the field of political and economic development and the relationships between political power and institutions and prosperity. His work explores the underlying causes of economic and political divergence both historically and today and uses both the mathematical and quantitative methods of economics along with the case study, qualitative and fieldwork methodologies used in other social sciences.