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  • Edible Economics

    Edible Economics

    Economic thinking – about globalisation, climate change, immigration, austerity, automation and much more – in its most digestible form For decades, a single free market philosophy has dominated global economics. But this is bland and unhealthy – like British food in the 1980s, when bestselling author and economist Ha-Joon Chang first arrived in the UK…

  • Economics

    Economics

    The User’s Guide

  • Kicking Away the Ladder

    Kicking Away the Ladder

    How did the rich countries really become rich? In this provocative study, Ha-Joon Chang examines the great pressure on developing countries from the developed world to adopt certain ‘good policies’ and ‘good institutions’, seen today as necessary for economic development. His conclusions are compelling and disturbing: that developed countries are attempting to ‘kick away the…

  • 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism

    23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism

    “For anyone who wants to understand capitalism not as economists or politicians have pictured it but as it actually operates, this book will be invaluable.”-Observer (UK) If you’ve wondered how we did not see the economic collapse coming, Ha-Joon Chang knows the answer: We didn’t ask what they didn’t tell us about capitalism. This is…

  • Bad Samaritans

    Bad Samaritans

    The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism