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Author Beattie, Alan (Economics correspondent)

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

Publication Info. New York : Riverhead Books, 2009.

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 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  330.9 BEATTIE    Missing
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  330.9 BEATTIE    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  330.9 B35    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  330.9 BEATTIE    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  330.9 BE    Check Shelf
Description 321 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-312) and index.
Contents 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 9781594488665
1594488665
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