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The undercover economist / Tim Harford.

By: Publication details: London, UK: Little, Brown/Abacus, 2007, 2006.Edition: Abacus pbk. edDescription: x, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780349119854 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HC59.15 .H35 2007
Contents:
1. Who pays for your coffee? -- 2. What supermarkets dont want you to know -- 3. Perfect markets and the "world of truth" -- 4. Crosstown traffic -- 5. The inside story -- 6. Rational insanity -- 7. The men who knew the value of nothing -- 8. Why poor countries are poor -- 9. Beer, fries, and globalization -- 10. How China grew rich.

Includes bibliographical references (p.[257]-269) and index.

Originally published in Great Britain in 2006 by Little, Brown _Verso.

1. Who pays for your coffee? -- 2. What supermarkets dont want you to know -- 3. Perfect markets and the "world of truth" -- 4. Crosstown traffic -- 5. The inside story -- 6. Rational insanity -- 7. The men who knew the value of nothing -- 8. Why poor countries are poor -- 9. Beer, fries, and globalization -- 10. How China grew rich.

Also published as: "The undercover economist : exposing why the rich are rich, the poor are poor--and why you can never buy a decent used car!"

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