Born in South Korea, Ha-Joon Chang is a specialist in development economics and Reader in the Political Economy of Development at the University of Cambridge. In 2005, Chang was awarded the Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. He is author of Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective (2002), which won the 2003 Gunnar Myrdal Prize, and Bad Samaritans: Rich Nations, Poor Policies and the Threat to the Developing World (2007).
Leading economist [Ha-Joon Chang] has likened the nation's
acceptance of free-market capitalism to that of the brainwashed
characters in the film The Matrix, unwitting pawns in a fake
reality. [Chang] debunks received wisdom on everything
*Independent*
A masterful debunking of some of the myths of capitalism ... Witty,
iconoclastic and uncommonly commonsensical ... this book will be
invaluable
*Observer*
Lively and provocative book ... Read this book
*Sunday Times*
Incisive and entertaining ... scathing about the conventional
wisdom'
*New Statesman*
Important .. persuasive ... [an] engaging case for a more cautious
and caring era of globalisation
*Financial Times*
Myth-busting and nicely-written ... the best economists are those
who look around at our man-made world and ask themselves "why?".
Chang is one
*Independent*
Leading economist [Ha-Joon Chang] has likened the nation's
acceptance of free-market capitalism to that of the brainwashed
characters in the film The Matrix, unwitting pawns in a fake
reality. [Chang] debunks received wisdom on everything -- Rachel
Shields * Independent *
A masterful debunking of some of the myths of capitalism ... Witty,
iconoclastic and uncommonly commonsensical ... this book will be
invaluable -- John Gray * Observer *
Lively and provocative book ... Read this book -- David Smith *
Sunday Times *
Incisive and entertaining ... scathing about the conventional
wisdom' -- Robert Skidelsky * New Statesman *
Important .. persuasive ... [an] engaging case for a more cautious
and caring era of globalisation -- James Crabtree * Financial Times
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Myth-busting and nicely-written ... the best economists are those
who look around at our man-made world and ask themselves "why?".
Chang is one -- Sean O'Grady * Independent *
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