Stealth of nations : the global rise of the informal economy / Robert Neuwirth.
Stealth of nations : the global rise of the informal economy / Robert Neuwirth.
Stealth of nations : the global rise of the informal economy / Robert Neuwirth.
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New York : Pantheon Books, c2011.
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N330/402
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English
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290 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
The global rummage sale -- Grade A, plan B, middle C, system C, vitamin E -- DIY city -- The global back channel -- The culture of the copy -- Can anybody tell me how to get to the bridge? -- The upside of down the trade -- Once upon a time in the west -- Against efficiency -- The honest con men --...
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New York : Pantheon Books, c2011.
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New York (State)
Date Published
c2011.
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When we think of the informal economy, we tend to think of crime: prostitution, gun running, drug trafficking. Stealth of Nations opens up this underground realm, showing how the worldwide informal economy deals mostly in legal products and is, in fact, a ten-trillion-dollar industry, making it the second-largest economy in the world, after that of...
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Stealth of nations : the global rise of the informal economy / Robert Neuwirth.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-274) and index.
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c2011.
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N330/402
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74VvRDjmwopb
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037542489X (hbk.)
9780375424892 (hbk.)
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330
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991008975209702626
