The Finance Curse: How Oversized Financial Sectors Attack Democracy and Corrupt Economics by Nicholas Shaxson

The Finance Curse: How Oversized Financial Sectors Attack Democracy and Corrupt Economics

Nicholas Shaxson with John Christensen

194 pages first pub 2013 (view editions)

nonfiction business economics politics sociology challenging informative medium-paced
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For many years economists have noted how countries rich in natural resources often fail to benefit from their unearned wealth. Indeed, sometimes the discovery of oil and gas can seem more like a curse than a blessing. The Finance Curse shows how c...

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