23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism

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<p><b>Ha-Joon Chang's <i>23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism </i>turns received economic wisdom on its head to show you how the world <i>really </i>works. </b></p><p>In this revelatory book, Ha-Joon Chang destroys the biggest myths of our times and shows us an alternative view of the world, including:</p><p>There's no such thing as a 'free' market<br>Globalization isn't making the world richer<br>We don't live in a digital world - the washing machine has changed lives more than the internet<br>Poor countries are more entrepreneurial than rich ones<br>Higher paid managers don't produce better results</p><p>We don't have to accept things as they are any longer. Ha-Joon Chang is here to show us there's a better way.</p><p>'Lively, accessible and provocative ... read this book' - <i>Sunday Times</i></p><p>'A witty and timely debunking of some of the biggest myths surrounding the global economy' - <i>Observer</i></p><p>'The new kid on the economics block ... Chang's iconoclastic attitude has won him fans' - <i>Independent on Sunday</i></p><p>'Lucid ... audacious ... increasingly influential ... will provoke physical symptoms of revulsion if you are in any way involved in high finance' - <i>Guardian</i></p><p>'Important ... persuasive ... an engaging case for a more caring era of globalization' - <i>Financial Times</i></p><p>'A must-read ... incisive and entertaining' - <i>New Statesman </i>Books of the Year</p><p><b>Ha-Joon Chang </b>is a Reader in the Political Economy of Development at the University of Cambridge. He is author of <i>Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective</i>, which won the 2003 Gunnar Myrdal Prize, and <i>Bad Samaritans: Rich Nations, Poor Policies and the Threat to the Developing World</i>. Since the beginning of the 2008 economic crisis, he has been a regular contributor to the <i>Guardian</i>, and a vocal critic of the failures of our economic system.</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780141047973

Sprache

Englisch

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Taschenbuch

Maße

198 x 128 x 22 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd (UK)