Ha-Joon Chang Quotes
The invention of the printing press was one of the most important events in human history.
Economics is a political argument. It is not – and can never be – a science; there are no objective ...
Show MoreThe issue of false consciousness is a genuinely difficult problem that has no definite solution. We ...
Show MoreAs these contrasts show, capitalism has undergone enormous changes in the last two and a half centur...
Show MoreEquality of opportunity is not enough. Unless we create an environment where everyone is guaranteed ...
Show MoreBetween the Great Depression and the 1970s, private business was viewed with suspicion even in most ...
Show MoreOnce you realize that trickle-down economics does not work, you will see the excessive tax cuts for ...
Show MoreAbove a certain level of income, the relative value of material consumption vis-a-vis leisure time i...
Show MoreSince the 1980s, we have given the rich a bigger slice of our pie in the belief that they would crea...
Show MoreRecognizing that the boundaries of the market are ambiguous and cannot be determined in an objective...
Show MoreIf the world were full of the self-seeking individuals found in economics textbooks, it would grind ...
Show MorePeople 'over-produce' pollution because they are not paying for the costs of dealing with it.
By liberating women from household work and helping to abolish professions such as domestic service,...
Show MoreA lot of things that we cannot buy and sell in markets used to be totally legal objects of market ex...
Show MoreEconomics should be defined in terms of what it is about. It should be about how people produce thin...
Show MoreCharities are now working to give people in poor countries access to the Internet. But shouldn't we ...
Show More95% of economics is common sense
I would go one step further and say that the willingness to challenge professional economists - and ...
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