Daron Acemoglu & James Robinson have done extensive & exhaustive study of almost all the nations of the world. Their insightful & incisive study covers anthropological, societal, political and Economical aspects of these nations to come out with very interesting discoveries!
The study covers American, African & Asian continents and Russia with the exception of Japan, Korea and Canada. They come with the interesting descriptions about the state of the nations: Orangutan in Tuxedo and Paper Leviathan! The whole picture of different state of the nations, including India clearly shows that they are torn between the respective Cages of Norms and Weakened and Misdirected and almost lost Leviathans! In my view, it looks very natural, being in India! The Leviathan of Law of the States, the authors propose seems natural for the authors, is very obvious because they have experienced it through a couple of centuries!
But most of the nations covered in the study have the natives still stuck in their respective Cages of Norms for millennia. Though these natives were subjected to largely European colonials' Leviathans of the Laws very extensively in patchy manner, wherever they could be overlapped. This point is clearly perceptible in terms of education level of the natives and the reach of the institutions of Laws of the States in these respective nations.
In a rare incidence of Costerica's progress into the Narrow Corridor. In such cases, the highly evolved State & Society can broaden the corridor depending on the dynamic interactions of their respective competence, capabilities and common goals & objectives. The study by the authors suggests that Costerica also has progressed into egalitarian and equitable Economy. As per the study it's attributed to Costerica's founding leader's approach in providing the public land to most of the citizens and keeping smaller military paraphernalia.
In fact, when we take a look at various kingdoms in India prior to our independence, those kingdoms had reached different points both within the Narrow Corridor and without.
In fact, the current Covid Crisis is throwing an interesting picture about various nations. Most of the nations haven't risen up to the challenge except for a few countries like Germany, South Korea and interestingly China (For which, one may attribute the success (real or fabricated) to highly controlled & censored communication with the external world.). In a way, the current crisis gives a stark image of different nations with the requisite contrast to differentiate between the failed States! In my view, it also throws the light on WHO mainly, and other global institutions, in their preparedness and effectiveness.
