"Equality of opportunity is meaningless for those who……" — Ha-Joon Chang

"Equality of opportunity is meaningless for those who do not have the capabilities to take advantage of it."

— Ha-Joon Chang

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51 Quotes by Ha-Joon Chang

Ha-Joon Chang has 51 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The higher education system in these countries (US, Korea etc) has become like a theatre in which some people decided…
In manufacturing, where mechanization and the use of chemical processes are much easier, it is easier to raise productivity than…
95 percent of economics is common sense made complicated, and even for the remaining 5 percent, the essential reasoning, if…
[Good managers] know that people have 'good' sides and 'bad' sides and that the secret of good management is in…
Self-interest, to be sure, is one of the most important, but we have many other motives - honesty, self-respect, altruism,…
There is no such thing as a free market.
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, capitalism is the worst economic system except for all the other forms.
Rational thinking is an important aspect of human nature, but we have imagination, we have ambition, we have irrational fear,…
The invention of the printing press was one of the most important events in human history.
If we are really serious about preventing another crisis like the 2008 meltdown we should simply ban complex financial instruments,…
Once you realize that trickle-down economics does not work, you will see the excessive tax cuts for the rick as…
The widely accepted assertion that, only if you let markets be will everyone be paid correctly and thus fairly, according…

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Second, we have to make the most of the strengths we have, the amenities that many of our competitors cannot… — Gerard Arpey
I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to… — David Attenborough
Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how… — Margaret Atwood
I am nice to everybody. But people really take advantage of it. — Dan Auerbach
Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat… — Sri Aurobindo
Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher… — Jane Austen
The economy of human time is the next advantage of machinery in manufactures. — Charles Babbage
Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary… — Edward Bach
Well, if you look at all of the cultures in America, this is a great opportunity for us to really… — Erykah Badu
There are advantages to being a star though - you can always get a table in a full restaurant. — Ingrid Bergman

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