Bаd Sаmаritаns: Thе Myth of Frее Trаdе аnd thе Sеcrеt History of Cаpitаlism
Publisher: Brilliаncе Αudio on СD Unаbridgеd
Number of Pages: 0
Published: 2007-12-26
List price: $34.95
With irreverent wit, an engagingly personal style, and a battery of real-life examples, Ha-Joon Chang blasts holes in the “World Is Flat” orthodoxy of Thomas Friedman and other neo-liberal economists who argue that only unfettered capitalism and wide-open international trade can lift struggling nations out of poverty. On the contrary, Chang shows, today’s economic superpowers - from the United States to Britain to his native South Korea - all attained prosperity by shameless protectionism and government intervention in industry. We in the wealthy nations have conveniently ...