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Ha-Joon Chang is a Korean-born economist known for his research on development economics and issues of globalization. His works, such as '23 Billion People's Challenge' and 'Kicking Away the Ladder', challenge traditional development theories and propose new models of development.

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Famous Ha-Joon Chang Quotes

“Low inflation and government prudence may be harmful for economic development.”

May Government Economic Development Lows Inflation Prudence Economic Development

Book:Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism

Source: Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism

“It's not just about the current economic environment. History shows that slashing budgets always leads to recession.”

Shows Environment Economic Currents Budgets Recessions

Author:Ha-Joon Chang

“The Korean economic miracle was the result of a clever and pragmatic mixture of market incentives and state direction.”

States Results Economic Miracle Clever Incentives Mixtures Korean Pragmatic

Book:Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism

Source: Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism

“The foundation of economic development is the acquisition of more productive knowledge.”

Economic Development Foundation Productive Acquisition Economic Development

Book:Bad Samaritans: rich nations, poor policies, and the threat to the developing world

Source: Bad Samaritans: rich nations, poor policies, and the threat to the developing world

“Gore Vidal, the American writer, once described the American economic system as 'free enterprise for the poor and socialism for the rich'. Macroeconomic policy on the global scale is a bit like that. It is Keynesianism for the rich countries and monetarism for the poor.”

Country Bits Poor Rich Economic Policy Scales Socialism Enterprise Gore Economic Systems Free Enterprise American Writer Rich Countries Macroeconomics Keynesianism

Book:Bad Samaritans: rich nations, poor policies, and the threat to the developing world

Source: Bad Samaritans: rich nations, poor policies, and the threat to the developing world

“Culture changes with economic development.”

Culture Economic Development Economic Development Culture Change

Author:Ha-Joon Chang

“To paraphrase Winston Churchill, capitalism is the worst economic system except for all the other forms.”

Form Economic Worst Capitalism Economic Systems Paraphrase

Author:Ha-Joon Chang

About the Author

Born: October 7, 1963
Known for: Economist
Quotes: 58

Books & Sources

Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of CapitalismRelated source material

23 Things They Don't Tell You About CapitalismRelated source material

Bad Samaritans: rich nations, poor policies, and the threat to the developing worldRelated source material

Economics: The User's GuideRelated source material

Bad Samaritans: The Guilty Secrets of Rich Nations and the Threat to Global ProsperityRelated source material

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