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Author Beattie, Alan, Economics correspondent.

Title False economy : a surprising economic history of the world / Alan Beattie.

Imprint New York : Riverhead Books 2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  330.9 B38f 2010    ---  Available
Edition 1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed.
Description 352 p. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-341) and index.
Note Making choices : why did Argentina succeed and the United States stall? -- Cities : why didn't Washington, D.C., get the vote? -- Trade : why does Egypt import half its staple food? -- Natural resources : why are oil and diamonds more trouble than they are worth? -- Religion : why don't Islamic countries get rich? -- Politics of development : why does our asparagus come from Peru? -- Trade routes and supply chains : why doesn't Africa grow cocaine? -- Corruption : why did Indonesia prosper under a crooked ruler and Tanzania stay poor under an honest one? -- Path dependence : why are pandas so useless? -- Conclusion : our remedies oft in ourselves do lie.
Subject Economic history.
Economics.
ISBN 9781594484445 (pbk.)
1594484449 (pbk.)

 
    
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