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Author 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.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  330.9 HARFORD    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  330.90511 HARFORD    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  330.9 HAR    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  330.9051 H22    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  330.9 HARFORD    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  330.9 HAR    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  330.9 HARFORD    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction  330.9051 HARFORD    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  330.9051 HARFORD    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  330.9051 HAR    Check Shelf
Description x, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 1. Who pays for your coffee? -- 2. What supermarkets don't want you to know -- 3. Perfect markets and the "world of truth" -- 4. Crosstown traffic -- 5. The inside story -- 6. Rational insanity -- 7. The men who knew the value of nothing -- 8. Why poor countries are poor -- 9. Beer, fries and globalization -- 10. How China grew rich.
Subject Economic history -- 1990-
Economics.
Consumer education.
ISBN 0195189779 cloth alkaline paper
Standard No. 9780195189773
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