Beattie, Alan,  Economics correspondent. <br/><br/>
False economy :  a surprising economic history of the world / 
Alan Beattie. 
 - Toronto :  Viking Canada,  2009. 
 - 321 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-312) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780670068593 0670068594 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009005885 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economic history.<br/>Economics.<br/>Historia económica.<br/>Economía.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC 51  / B369f 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>330.9