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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/945083419 Title: 23 things they don't tell you about capitalism Author: Ha-Joon Chang Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2012. ISBN/ISSN: 9781608191666 9781608193387 1608193381 1608191664 OCLC:945083419

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23 things they don't tell you about capitalism

Author:	Ha-Joon Chang
Publisher:	New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2012.
Edition/Format:	Print book : English : 1st pbk. edView all editions and formats
Summary:	Challenges popular misconceptions while making startling revelations about free-market practices, explaining the author's views on global capitalism dynamics while making recommendations for reshaping capitalism to humane ends.
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Subjects	Capitalism. Economic policy. Free trade.
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Ha-Joon Chang Find more information about:
ISBN:	9781608191666 9781608193387 1608193381 1608191664
OCLC Number:	945083419
Description:	xvi, 288 pages
Contents:	There is no such thing as a free market -- Companies should not be run in the interest of their owners -- Most people in rich countries are paid more than they should be -- The washing machine has changed the World more than the Internet has -- Assume the worst about people and you get the worst -- Greater macroeconomic stability has not made the world economy more stable -- Free-market policies rarely make poor countries rich -- Capital has a nationality -- We do not live in a post-industrial age -- The US does not have the highest living standard in the world -- Africa is not destined for underdevelopment -- Governments can pick winners -- Making rich people richer doesn't make the rest of us richer -- US managers are over-priced -- People in poor countries are more entrepreneurial than people in rich countries -- We are not smart enough to leave things to the market -- More education in itself is not going to make a country richer -- What is good for General Motors is not necessarily good for the United States -- Despite the fall of communism, we are still living in planned economies -- Equality of opportunity may not be fair -- Big government makes people more open to change -- Financial markets need to become less, not more, efficient -- Good economic policy does not require good economists -- Conclusion: How to rebuild the world economy.
Other Titles:	Twenty-three things they don't tell you about capitalism
Responsibility:	Ha-Joon Chang.

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Challenges popular misconceptions while making startling revelations about free-market practices, explaining the author's views on global capitalism dynamics while making recommendations for reshaping capitalism to humane ends.

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