TY - BOOK AU - Beattie,Alan TI - False economy: a surprising economic history of the world SN - 1594488665 U1 - 330.9 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Riverhead Books KW - Economía KW - Historia económica N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [305]\312) e índice; 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 -