23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang

'This Cambridge professor delights in paradox. And myth-busting . . . he does this with charm and a desire to see how things work in the real world'Guardian, 'In Praise of Ha-Joon Chang'In this revelatory book, Ha-Joon Chang destroys the biggest myths of our times and shows us the truth about how the world really works, including: there's no such thing as a free market; the washing machine has changed lives more than the internet; people in poor countries are more entrepreneurial than in wealthy ones; and making rich people richer doesn't make the rest of us richer.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. 'Lively, accessible and provocative . . . read this book' Sunday Times'A witty and timely debunking of some of the biggest myths surrounding the global economy' Observer'The new kid on the economics block . . . Chang's iconoclastic attitude has won him fans' Independent on Sunday'Lucid . . . audacious . . . increasingly influential . . . will provoke physical symptoms of revulsion if you are in any way involved in high finance' Guardian'Important . . . persuasive . . . an engaging case for a more caring era of globalization' Financial Times'A must-read . . . incisive and entertaining' New Statesman, Books of the Year. This 2011 Penguin Soft Cover is in very good condition.

ISBN: 9780141047973 SKU: 1549381 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.