TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harford,Tim
TI  - The undercover economist
SN  - 9780349119854 (pbk.)
AV  - HC59.15 .H35 2007
PY  - 2007///, 2006
CY  - London, UK
PB  - Little, Brown/Abacus
KW  - Economic history
KW  - 1990-
KW  - Economics
KW  - Consumer education
N1  - Originally published in Great Britain in 2006 by Little, Brown _Verso; 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!"; Includes bibliographical references (p.[257]-269) and index; 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
ER  -