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system are from Susan Bayly, Caste, Society and Politics in India: From the Eighteenth Century to the Modern Age, Cambridge University Press, 1999; Edward Luce, In Spite of the Gods, Little, Brown, 2006; and Stephen Broadberry and Bishnupriya Gupta, "Historical Roots of India's Service-Led Development," Warwick University Economics Research Paper 817, 2007.

10. Conclusion

On the eclecticism of modern development economics, see Dani Rodrik, One Economics, Many Recipes, Princeton University Press, 2007.

The account of the reform effort that resulted only in the abolition of the ruff collar is from Jan de Vries, The Economy of Europe in an Age of Crisis 1600-1750, Cambridge University Press, 1976.

The identification of George Soros as Argentina's biggest landowner in the 1990s is from Roy Hora, The Landowners of the Argentine Pampas, Oxford University Press, 2001.

Table of Contents

Synopsis

About the Author

Preface

Chapter 1. Making Choices: Why Did Argentina Succeed and the United States Stall?

Chapter 2. Cities: Why Didn't Washington, D.C., Get the Vote?

Chapter 3. Trade: Why Does Egypt Import Half Its Staple Food?

Chapter 4: Natural Resources: Why Are Oil and Diamonds More Trouble Than They Are Worth?

Chapter 5. Religion: Why Don't Islamic Countries Get Rich?

Chapter 6. Politics Of Development: Why Does Our Asparagus Come From Peru?

Chapter 7. Trade Routes and Supply Chains: Why Doesn't Africa Grow Cocaine?

Chapter 8. Corruption: Why Did Indonesia Prosper Under a Crooked Ruler and Tanzania Stay Poor Under an Honest One?

Chapter 9. Path Dependence: Why Are Pandas So Useless?

Conclusion: Our Remedies Oft in Ourselves Do Lie

Acknowledgments

Selected Bibliography and Notes

Preface

1. Making Choices

2. Cities

3. Trade

4. Natural Resources

5. Religion

6. Politics of Development

7. Trade Routes and Supply Chains

8. Corruption

9. Path Dependence

10. Conclusion