The history of capitalism has been so totally re-written that many people in the rich world do not perceive the historical double… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
The higher education system in these countries (US, Korea etc) has become like a theatre in which some people decided to stand… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
When I was growing up in South Korea in the '70s and early '80s, the country was too poor to buy original… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Rich countries have 'kicked away the ladder' by forcing free-market, free-trade policies on poor countries. Already established countries do not want more… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
It is one thing to tell the citizens of some faraway country to go to hell, but it is another to do… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Basically, the myth is that America has been founded on the free market; the government has done very little; it has thrived… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Countries are poor not because their people are lazy; their people are 'lazy' because they are poor. — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Gore Vidal, the American writer, once described the American economic system as 'free enterprise for the poor and socialism for the rich'.… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
It takes time and experience to absorb new technologies, so technologically backward producers need a period of protection from international competition during… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
People who live in poor countries have to be entrepreneurial even just to survive. — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
As someone from a developing country, I have a problem with rich countries thinking they can tell us anything, simply because they… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Above a certain level of income, the relative value of material consumption vis-a-vis leisure time is diminished, so earning a higher income… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
“In no country does the average income give the right picture of how people live but in a country with higher inequality it is… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Sometimes people with strong ideology, whether left-wing or right-wing, refuse to do something simply because they believe it is wrong, when doing it actually… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Every market has some rules and boundaries that restrict freedom of choice. A market looks free only because we so unconditionally accept its underlying… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Indeed, willingness to challenge professional economists and other experts is a foundation stone of democracy. If all we have to do is to listen… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
If we are really serious about preventing another crisis like the 2008 meltdown we should simply ban complex financial instruments, unless they can be… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
“Harry S. Truman, in his typical no-nonsense style, once said that ‘An expert is someone who doesn’t want to learn anything new, because then… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Rational thinking is an important aspect of human nature, but we have imagination, we have ambition, we have irrational fear, we are swayed by… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
The history of capitalism has been so totally re-written that many people in the rich world do not perceive the historical double standards involved… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Equality of opportunity is meaningless for those who do not have the capabilities to take advantage of it. — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
The higher education system in these countries (US, Korea etc) has become like a theatre in which some people decided to stand to get… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
What free-market economists are not telling us is that the politics they want to get rid of are none other than those of democracy… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
“Joseph Schumpeter emphasized that all analysis in economics is preceded by a pre-analytical cognitive act, called vision, in which the analyst ‘visualise[s] a distinct… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
