Africonomics: A History Of Western Ignorance Bronwen Everill William Collins Αγγλικά Βιβλία Economics Business & Finance Marketing Auxiliary Services

\ A Historically Insightful Read\ Financial Times Wry Rollicking And Provocative History\ Michael Taylor Author Of The Interest ‘A Thought-Provoking Analysis Africa\ S Relationship With Economic Imperialism’ Astrid Madimba Chinny Ukata Authors It’s Continent We Need To Think Differently About African Economics For Centuries Westerners Have Tried ‘Fix’ Economies From Abolition Slavery Onwards Missionaries Philanthropists Development Economists Ngos Arrived On Full Good Intentions Bad Ideas Their Experiments Invariably Gone Awry Great Surprise All Involved In This Short Bold Story Western Thought Africa Historian Bronwen Everill Argues That These Interventions Fail Because They Start Misguided Premise: Just Be More Like West Ignoring Own Traditions Europeans Americans Assumed Set Universal Laws Could Applied Anywhere Enforced Specifically Growth Wealth Debt Unemployment Inflation Women’s Work Used Metrics Find Countries Wanting Does Not Know Better Than Nations How An Economy Should Run By Laying Bare Myths Realities Our Tangled History Africonomics Moves Ignorance Knowledge Σελίδες: 304 Διαστάσεις: 15 3X15 3Cm