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aplenty and all three of the soon to be friends will all play a vital role in the outcome.
You are really there in the book and on the wet, wet world. The flora and fauna are colourful and terrifying. The interplay between the characters is believable and the plot and sub plots build to a superb conclusion. Another hit for Mr Foster.
Read this book it's a cracker.
Very Highly Recommended.
More Information on the Author: Alan Dean Foster.
Alan dean foster was born in New York city in 1946 and was raised in Los Angeles. After receiving a bachelor's degree in political science and a master of fine arts in cinema from ucla (1968, 1969) he spent two years as a copywriter for a small studio city, California.
His writing career began when August Derleth bought a long Lovecraftian letter of Alans in 1968 and much to Alanssurprise ...
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- UK government and UK organisation's sites (e.g. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Department for Transport, Official Documents OnLine etc.)
- sources of monetary and financial data (e.g. Bank of England, Eurostat etc.)
- European Union and related sources (e.g. European Central Bank, EU official Web site etc.)
- International organisations (e.g. World Health Organisation, Jubilee Research etc.)
- Economics search and link sites (e.g. Alta Plana, WebEc etc.)
- Internet search engines (e.g. Google, Infoseek etc.)
*FINAL REMARKS*
I do really like this book. The direct and straighforward written style helps getting your head around issues that maybe seem more complicated than they are. The short paragraphs and sections help you structure your reading and allow for breaks to digest what you ...
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Product details
EAN
9780670917372
Type
Non-Fiction
Genre
Business & Finance
Title
False Economy: A Surprising Economic History of the World
Author
Alan Beattie
Release Date
06-05-13
ISBN
670917370
Manufacturer's product description
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? 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 became 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. About the AuthorAfter graduating with a degree in history from Balliol College, Oxford, Alan Beattie took a master's degree in economics at Cambridge. He worked as an economist at the Bank of England until 1998 when he joined the Financial Times. He is currently the world trade editor of the Financial Times.
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