False Economy: A Surprising Economic History of the World

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.

• Author
• Alan Beattie

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 336

• Publisher
• Riverhead Hardcover

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781594488665

• Genres
• economics, history, business, politics, finance, science, social, international, buisness

• Release date
• 2009