Best Ha-Joon Chang Quotes
- Unfortunately, a lot of economists wanted to make their subject a science. So the more what you do resembles physics or chemistry, the more credible… Chemistry
- I used to joke that I came to England - not to the U.S. where most Koreans go - because I like Arthur Conan Doyle… Agatha
- I like all kinds of music - classical, pop, rock, electronic. All
- Basically, the myth is that America has been founded on the free market; the government has done very little; it has thrived under free trade.… America
- Contrary to what professional economists will typically tell you, economics is not a science. All economic theories have underlying political and ethical assumptions, which make… All
- Very often, the judgments by ordinary citizens may be better than those by professional economists, being more rooted in reality and less narrowly focused. Better
- Indeed, willingness to challenge professional economists and other experts is a foundation stone of democracy. If all we have to do is to listen to… All
- The feeling of insecurity is inimical to our sense of wellbeing, as it causes anxiety and stress, which harms our physical and mental health. It… According
- We need to accept that consumption is not the end goal of our life and stop measuring our well-being simply on the basis of earnings.… Accept
- Markets are, in the end, man-made devices for utilitarian purposes, not a force of nature that we should not try to resist. If they end… Case
- 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 itself.… Advocating
- Patent monopoly creates a lot of problems. It allows the patentee to charge the maximum to consumers. This may not be a problem if the… Allows
- It is time that we dispensed with the myth that the market is a force of nature that should not be meddled with. Markets are… Been
- Without there being some national strategy, it is difficult for educators to know what kinds of engineers or technicians to produce and for potential students… Difficult
- Gone are the days when the upper classes were terrified of the angry mob wanting to smash their skulls and confiscate their properties. Now their… Angry
- It is one thing to tell the citizens of some faraway country to go to hell, but it is another to do the same to… Citizens
- Every market has some rules and boundaries that restrict freedom of choice. A market looks free only because we so unconditionally accept its underlying restrictions… Accept
- It is impossible to objectively define how free a market is. This is a political definition. Government is always involved, and those free marketers are… Always Involved
- Few countries have become rich through free-trade, free-market policies, and few ever will. Become Rich
- The economy is much bigger than the market. We will not be able to build a good economy - nor a good society - unless… Able
- If we are really serious about preventing another crisis like the 2008 meltdown, we should simply ban complex financial instruments unless they can be unambiguously… Another Crisis
- The truth is that the free movement of goods, people, and money that developed under British hegemony between 1870 and 1913 - the first episode… British
- As someone from a developing country, I have a problem with rich countries thinking they can tell us anything, simply because they are giving money. Anything Simply
- When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while ago. Ago
- By liberating women from household work and helping to abolish professions such as domestic service, the washing machine and other household goods completely revolutionised the… Abolish