TY - BOOK AU - Schiff,Peter D. AU - Schiff,Andrew TI - How an economy grows and why it crashes: a tale SN - 9780470526705 (pbk.) U1 - 338.542 PY - 2010/// CY - Hoboken, N.J. PB - John Wiley KW - Economic development KW - Business cycles KW - Financial crises N1 - Machine generated contents note: Introduction. -- In the Beginning... -- Chapter 1: An Idea is Born. -- Chapter 2: Sharing the Wealth. -- Chapter 3: The Many Uses of Credit. -- Chapter 4: Economic Expansion. -- A Few Generations Later. -- Chapter 5: Prosperity loves Company. -- Chapter 6: Put it in the Vault. -- Chapter 7: Infrastructure and Trade. -- Chapter 8: A Republic is Born. -- A Few Generations Later. -- Chapter 9: Government Gets Creative. -- Chapter 10: Shrinking Fish. -- Chapter 11: A Lifeline from Afar. -- Chapter 12: The Service Sector Steps Up. -- Chapter 13: Closing the Fish Window -- Chapter 14: The Hut Glut. -- Chapter 15: The Hut Rut -- Chapter 16: Stepping on the Gas -- A Few Generations Later. -- Chapter 17: The Fish Hit the Fan. -- Epilogue. -- Acknowledgments. -- About the Authors ER -