Screen LibraryFalse economy：a surprising economic history of the world
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Riverhead Books,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 321 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781594488665 (cloth) 1594488665 |
| Index Number: | F119 |
| CLC: | F119 |
| Call Number: | F119/B369 |
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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 s |