Download or read book False Economy written by Alan Beattie and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2010 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do some countries succeed while others fail? What causes boom or bust? In 'False Economy', Alan Beattie uses extraordinary stories of economic triumph & disaster to explain how some countries went wrong while others went right, & why it's so difficult to change course once you're on the path to ruin.