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'Alan Beattie's forensic analysis shows facts can be a force for change. Give people the facts, and they'll do the right thing' Bono 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 become the world's fastest-growing economy while Sierra Leone suffered a decade of brutal civil war? The path to prosperity is rarely obvious and the sources of success are often unexpected. Time and again, world leaders have failed to learn the lessons of economic history, and their mistakes continue to have surprising and catastrophic consequences. 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. Along the way, you'll discover why Africa doesn't grow cocaine, why our asparagus comes from Peru, why your keyboard spells QWERTY and why giant pandas are living on borrowed time . . .… (plus d'informations)
An interesting and very accessible discussion of why economies all over the world succeed or fail. And according to this author, the answers aren't as clear cut as you might think. ( )
Alan Beattie reviews examples from history of social conditions that contributed to economic success or failure. He has an extensive annotated bibliography for anyone who is interested in verifying the information the author used in the writing of this book. We can hope that our policy makers will inform themselves of this information and make the decisions that will take us to a better world rather into decline. ( )
The subtitle says economic history. Balony. This book is at the level of low grade magazine articles. Every time I try to read it I am stopped by spectacular stupidity. ( )
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Time, that gives and takes our fame and fate and puts say, Shakespeare's features on a plate or a Persian poet's name on a Tandoori can cast aside all we commemorate
and make Lot 86 or Lot 14 even out of Cardinal and Queen and bring the holy and the high and mighty to the falling gavel, or the guillotine.
Tony Harrison The Blasphemers' Banquet
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'Alan Beattie's forensic analysis shows facts can be a force for change. Give people the facts, and they'll do the right thing' Bono 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 become the world's fastest-growing economy while Sierra Leone suffered a decade of brutal civil war? The path to prosperity is rarely obvious and the sources of success are often unexpected. Time and again, world leaders have failed to learn the lessons of economic history, and their mistakes continue to have surprising and catastrophic consequences. 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. Along the way, you'll discover why Africa doesn't grow cocaine, why our asparagus comes from Peru, why your keyboard spells QWERTY and why giant pandas are living on borrowed time . . .
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