Moyo, Dambisa.

How the west was lost : fifty years of economic folly--and the stark choices ahead / Dambisa Moyo. - London ; New York : Allen Lane, 2011. - xiii, 226 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-212) and index.

The Way it Was -- Once Upon a Time in the West -- A Capital Story -- The House of Cards -- Labour Lost -- Giving Away the Keys to the Kingdom -- Back to the Future -- From East to West and Back Again -- A Topsy-Turvy World -- All is not Lost. Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. pt. TWO 6. 7.

This book charts how over the last 50 years the most advanced and advantaged countries of the world have squandered their dominant position through a sustained catalogue of fundamentally flawed economic policies.

9781846142352 (pbk) 1846142350 (pbk)


Economic development.


Developed countries--Economic policy.
Developed countries--Economic conditions.
Western countries--Foreign economic relations.

HC59.3 / .M69 2011

338.922 MOY