The undercover economist
Who makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early in the morning at Waterloo Station? Why is it impossible to get a foot on the property ladder? How does the Mafia make money from laundries when street gangs pushing drugs don't? Who really benefits from immigration? How can China, in j...
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| Call Number : | HC 59.15 .H35 2007 |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The undercover economist |c Tim Harford. |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- Who pays for your coffee? -- What supermarkets don't want you to know -- Perfect markets and the "world of truth" -- Crosstown traffic -- The inside story -- Rotten investments and rotten eggs -- The men who knew the value of nothing -- Why poor countries are poor -- Beer, fries, and globalization -- How China grew rich -- Notes -- Index. | |
| 520 | |a Who makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early in the morning at Waterloo Station? Why is it impossible to get a foot on the property ladder? How does the Mafia make money from laundries when street gangs pushing drugs don't? Who really benefits from immigration? How can China, in just fifty years, go from the world's worst famine to one of the greatest economic revolutions of all time, lifting a million people out of poverty a month? | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Economic history |y 1990- | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Economics. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Consumer education. | |
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