Alan Beattie

False Economy

A Surprising Economic History of the World

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Why 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? Using the stories of economic triumph and disaster, this title explains how some countries went wrong while others went right.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books UK
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 129mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 234g
• ISBN-13: 9780141033709
• ISBN-10: 0141033703
• Artikelnr.: 25032267

Autorenporträt

Born in Chester, Alan Beattie attended a local comprehensive school before graduating from Balliol College, Oxford, with a degree in history. After taking a master's degree in economics at Cambridge, he worked as an economist at the Bank of England and then joined the Financial Times in 1998. Currently the FT's world trade editor, he writes about economics, globalisation and development. He lives in London.