TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beattie,Alan
TI  - False economy: a surprising economic history of the world 
SN  - 9780670068593
AV  - HC 51 B369f 2009
U1  - 330.9 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Toronto
PB  - Viking Canada
KW  - Economic history
KW  - Economics
KW  - Historia económica
KW  - Economía
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-312) and index; 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
ER  -