Bad samaritans: the myth of free trade and the secret history of capitalism

Acknowledgements

Prologue : Mozambique's economic miracle : How to escape poverty

1. The Lexus and the olive tree revisted : myths and facts about globalization

2. The double life of Daniel Defoe : How did the rich countries become rich?

3. My six-year-old son should get a job : Is free trade always the answer?

4. The Finn and the elephant : Should we regulate foreign investment?

5. Man exploits man : Private enterprise good, public enterprise bad?

6. Windows 98 in 1997 : Is it wrong to 'borrow' ideas?

7. Mission impossible? : Can financial prudence go too far?

8. Zaire vs Indonesia : Should we turn our backs on corrupt and undemocratic countries?

9. Lazy Japanese and thieving Germans : Are some cultures incapable of economic development?

Epilogue : São Paulo, October 2037 : Can things get better?

Notes

Index.