Ha-Joon Chang Website http://hajoonchang.net

Books

  • Bad Samaritans: Rich Nations, Poor Policies And The Threat To The Developing World
    Bad Samaritans: Rich Nations, Poor Policies And The Threat To The Developing World
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  • 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
    23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism
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Ha-Joon Chang

Ha-Joon Chang is one of the foremost thinkers on new economics and development. I consistently recommend his books to people who have any interest in these issues i.e. everyone
Bob Geldof

Ha-Joon Chang has taught at the Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge , since 1990. In addition to numerous articles in journals and edited volumes, he has published seven authored books (three of them co-authored) and eight edited books (six of them co-edited). His most recent books include Kicking Away the Ladder - Development Strategy in Historical Perspective (2002), which won the 2003 Myrdal Prize, Restructuring Korea Inc. (with Jang-Sup Shin, 2003), Globalization, Economic Development and The Role of the State (2003), and Reclaiming Development - An Alternative Economic Policy Manual (with Ilene Grabel, 2004). His writings have been translated into 13 languages.

Ha-Joon Chang has worked as a consultant for many international organisations, including various UN agencies such as UNDP (United Nations Development Program) and UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and a number of governments on development policies. He was awarded the 2005 Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought.

Ha-Joon Chang's Bad Samaritans:The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism was sold at auction to Random House Books in August 2006 (with Faber & Faber, Simon & Schuster and Penguin as underbidders) and Bloomsbury Press in the United States.

News

  • Icelandic rights to 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang have been sold to Forlagid

  • Ha-Joon Chang in on-line debate on The Economist website

    Ha-Joon Chang, Cambridge economist and author of 23 THINGS THEY DON'T TELL YOU ABOUT CAPITALISM, is taking part in an on-line debate about manufacturing on The Economist magazine's website which runs until 6th July. To follow or take part in the debate click on the link below.

    http://economist.com/debate/debates/overview/207

  • Ha-Joon Chang to Penguin

    Will Goodlad of Allen Lane (Penguin Press) has acquired UK & Commonwealth rights to Cambridge economist Ha-Joon Chang's 23 Things They Didn't Tell You About Capitalism at auction from Ivan Mulcahy at Mulcahy Conway Associates for a good five-figure sum. Ha-Joon Chang's book is a clever and witty dissection of the myths and falsehood that are promoted about capitalism, the operation of free markets and neo-liberal policies. Will Goodlad said: Ha-Joon Chang is brilliant, courageous and incredibly, inspiringly thought-provoking - this book is going to demolish the received wisdom and knee-jerk ideology that we are normally subjected to. We know it is going to be an exhilarating read and we can't wait to publish it. Ha-Joon Chang has worked as a consultant for many international organisations, including various UN agencies such as UNDP (United Nations Development Program) and UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and a number of governments on development policies. He was awarded the 2005 Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought. North American rights were acquired by Peter Ginna of Bloomsbury USA, South Korean rights by Bookie with a six figure pre-empt and Chinese Traditional rights by Goodness Publishing House. Bloomsbury USA, Bookie and Goodness all published Ha-Joon Chang's previous book Bad Samaritans, which has sold over 200,000 copies to date in South Korea.

  • Ha-Joon Chang's Guardian article: The economics of hypocrisy

    Guardian.co.uk, Monday October 20 2008. Back in July, the Republican Senator Jim Bunning of Kentucky famously denounced the $200bn nationalisation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage lenders, as something that can only happen in a "socialist" country like France. France was bad enough, but now Senator Bunning's beloved country has turned into the Evil Empire itself. The US government is using $700bn of taxpayers' money to buy up the "toxic assets" choking up the financial system and - horror of the horrors - partially nationalising the US banking system. President George Bush, however, did not see things quite that way. Announcing the bail-out package, he argued that, rather than being "socialist", the plan was simply a continuation of the American system of free enterprise, which "rests on the conviction that the federal government should interfere in the market place only when necessary". Obviously, in his view, nationalising a huge chunk of the financial sector was one of those "necessary" things.... Click on the link below to see the whole article.

    http://guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2008/oct/20/economic-policy-…
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