| 23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism Contributor(s): Chang, Ha-Joon (Author) |
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ISBN: 1608193381 ISBN-13: 9781608193387 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Free Enterprise & Capitalism - Business & Economics | Globalization - Business & Economics | International - General |
| Dewey: 330.122 |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 5.57" W x 8.15" (0.60 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 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 a lighthearted book with a serious purpose: to question the assumptions behind the dogma and sheer hype that the dominant school of neoliberal economists-the apostles of the freemarket-have spun since the Age of Reagan. Chang, the author of the international bestseller Bad Samaritans, is one of the world's most respected economists, a voice of sanity-and wit-in the tradition of John Kenneth Galbraith and Joseph Stiglitz. 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism equips readers with an understanding of how global capitalism works-and doesn't. In his final chapter, How to Rebuild the World, Chang offers a vision of how we can shape capitalism to humane ends, instead of becoming slaves of the market. |
Contributor Bio(s): Chang, Ha-Joon: - Ha-Joon Chang is Assistant Director of Development Studies in the Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge. |