23 things they don't tell you about capitalism  -  Ha-Joon Chang

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Thing 1: There is no such thing as free market.Thing 4: The washing machine has changed the world more than the Internet.Thing 5: Assume the worst about people, and you get the worst.Thing 13: Making rich people richer doesn't make the rest of us richer.If you've wondered how we did not see the economic collapse coming, Ha-Joon Chang knows the We didn't ask what they didn't tell us about capitalism. This is a lighthearted book with a serious 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 visi...
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2010 Uitgever: Allen Lane 286 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 1846144159 ISBN-13: 9781846144158
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