{"product_id":"9780141047973-23-things-they-dont-tell-you-about","title":"23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTurns received economic wisdom on its head to show you how the world really works. In this book, the author destroys the biggest myths of our times and shows us an alternative view of the world, including: there's no such thing as a 'free' market Globalization isn't making the world richer; poor countries are more entrepreneurial than rich ones.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHa-Joon Chang's \u003ci\u003e23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism \u003c\/i\u003eturns received economic wisdom on its head to show you how the world \u003ci\u003ereally \u003c\/i\u003eworks. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  In this revelatory book, Ha-Joon Chang destroys the biggest myths of our times and shows us an alternative view of the world, including: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere's no such thing as a 'free' market\u003cbr\u003eGlobalization isn't making the world richer\u003cbr\u003eWe don't live in a digital world - the washing machine has changed lives more than the internet\u003cbr\u003ePoor countries are more entrepreneurial than rich ones\u003cbr\u003eHigher paid managers don't produce better results\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  We don't have to accept things as they are any longer. Ha-Joon Chang is here to show us there's a better way. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Lively, accessible and provocative . read this book' - \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'A witty and timely debunking of some of the biggest myths surrounding the global economy' - \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'The new kid on the economics block . Chang's iconoclastic attitude has won him fans' - \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Lucid . audacious . increasingly influential . will provoke physical symptoms of revulsion if you are in any way involved in high finance' - \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Important . persuasive . an engaging case for a more caring era of globalization' - \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'A must-read . incisive and entertaining' - \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman \u003c\/i\u003eBooks of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHa-Joon Chang \u003c\/b\u003eis a Reader in the Political Economy of Development at the University of Cambridge. He is author of \u003ci\u003eKicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2003 Gunnar Myrdal Prize, and \u003ci\u003eBad Samaritans: Rich Nations, Poor Policies and the Threat to the Developing World\u003c\/i\u003e. Since the beginning of the 2008 economic crisis, he has been a regular contributor to the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, and a vocal critic of the failures of our economic system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30340051468385,"sku":"9780141047973","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32394982.jpg?v=1737224461","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141047973-23-things-they-dont-tell-you-about","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}