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Harford, Tim, 1973-

Title The undercover economist : exposing why the rich are rich, the poor are poor--and why you can never buy a decent used car! / Tim Harford.

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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	330.90511 H223u 2006	---	Available
FSCC Non-Fiction	330.9 HAR 2006	---	Available

Description	x, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Who pays for your coffee? -- What supermarkets don't want you to know -- Perfect markets and the "world of truth" -- Crosstown traffic -- The inside story -- Rational insanity -- The men who knew the value of nothing -- Why poor countries are poor -- Beer, fries and globalization -- How China grew rich.
Subject	Economic history -- 1990-
	Economics.
	Consumer education.
ISBN	0195189779 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard No.	9780195189773
	YDXCP 2244242