The best way to boost the economy is to redistribute wealth downward, as poorer people tend to spend a higher proportion of… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Between the Great Depression and the 1970s, private business was viewed with suspicion even in most capitalist economies. Businesses were, so the… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
The danger is not only that these austerity measures are killing the European economies but also that they threaten the very legitimacy… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
“Economics is a political argument. It is not – and can never be – a science; there are no objective truths in… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
“The issue of false consciousness is a genuinely difficult problem that has no definite solution. We should not approve of an unequal… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Gone are the days when the upper classes were terrified of the angry mob wanting to smash their skulls and confiscate their… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
To put it bluntly, there isn't one economic theory that can single-handedly explain Singapore's success; its economy combines extreme features of capitalism… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
The economy is much bigger than the market. We will not be able to build a good economy - nor a good… — 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
