Joseph Charles BoylanThe Author Joseph Charles Boylan B.A. travelled to Romania delivering Aid to this country after the breakdown of communism. Although he is a teacher by profession, he was hit by the effects he describes in this book without knowing why at the time. H drove Aid Lorries all over Romania and there and back from England. As he mentions he remembers driving 25 times through Budapest before he even saw the town in any detail. He then elected to stay in Romania permanently because of the advantages he gradually became aware of with the Romanian economy at that time. This book is the product of what he gradually learned about Romania's economy and was first intended to be of advice to those people wanting to leave Romania and go to the "Beautiful West". What is even more amazing is that the effects of hyperinflation and the economic difference between Romania and the West have never really changed since those days presenting tremendous advantages to the Romanian people who understand this. Read More Read Less