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010      2009005885 
020    9781594488665 
020    1594488665 
035    (OCoLC)262428471 
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050 00 HC51|b.B377 2009 
082 00 330.9|222 
100 1  Beattie, Alan|c(Economics correspondent) 
245 10 False economy :|ba surprising economic history of the 
       world /|cAlan Beattie. 
264  1 New York :|bRiverhead Books,|c2009. 
300    321 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-312) and 
       index. 
505 0  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. 
650  0 Economic history. 
650  0 Economics. 
938    Baker and Taylor|bBTCP|nBK0007965391 
938    YBP Library Services|bYANK|n2978747 
938    Blackwell Book Service|bBBUS|nR4778746|c$26.95 
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