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Contents Acknowledgements ix prolo gue Mozambique¿s economic miracle 1 How to escape poverty 1 The Lexus and the olive tree revisited 19 Myths and facts about globalization 2 The double life of Daniel Defoe 40 How did the rich countries become rich? 3 My six-year-old son should get a job 65 Is free trade always the answer? 4 The Finn and the elephant 84 Should we regulate foreign investment? 5 Man exploits man 103 Private enterprise good, public enterprise bad? 6 Windows 98 in 1997 122 Is it wrong to ¿borrow¿ ideas? 7 Mission impossible? 145 Can financial prudence go too far? 8 Zaire vs Indonesia 160 Should we turn our backs on corrupt and undemocratic countries? 9 Lazy Japanese and thieving Germans Are some cultures incapable of economic development? 182 epilogue São Paulo, October 2037 Can things get better? 203 Notes 223 Index 267
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Free trade.
Capitalism.