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020			_a9780141033709
082			_a338.542 _bBEA
100			_aBeattie, Alan _98073
245			_aFalse economy: a surprising economic history of the world
260			_bPenguin Books Ltd. _aLondon _c2010
300			_axv, 311 p.
365			_aINR _b399.00
520			_aWhy do oil and diamonds lead to economic disaster more often than boom? Why doesn't Africa grow cocaine? Why might believing in God be good for your balance-sheet? In 2001 Argentina's government bankrupted itself, yet for the past two hundred years it had enjoyed a vista of economic opportunity almost identical to that of the USA. Why did the USA succeed while Argentina stalled? Botswana and Sierra Leone are both blessed with abundant diamonds. Why did Botswana became the world's fastest-growing economy while Sierra Leone suffered a decade of brutal civil war? In "False Economy", Alan Beattie uses extraordinary stories of economic triumph and disaster to explain how some countries went wrong while others went right, and why it's so difficult to change course once you're on the path to ruin.
650			_aEconomic history _91697
650			_aEconomics _9722
650			_aBusiness cycles _95475
650			_aInternational finance _9257
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