Category - Ha-Joon Chang

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Ha-Joon Chang

The truth is that the free movement of goods, people, and money that developed under British hegemony between 1870 and 1913 – the first episode of globalization – was made possible, in large part, by military might rather than market forces.

– Ha-Joon Chang

Ha-Joon Chang

If we are really serious about preventing another crisis like the 2008 meltdown, we should simply ban complex financial instruments unless they can be unambiguously shown to benefit society in the long run.

– Ha-Joon Chang

Ha-Joon Chang

People always think they’re in the middle of a revolution while they tend not to realize the enormity of a change that has happened in the past. The telegraph was a revolution, but who looks at it that way these days? The telegraph sped up the transportation of messages over long distances by a huge factor.

– Ha-Joon Chang

Ha-Joon Chang

Charities are now working to give people in poor countries access to the Internet. But shouldn’t we spend that money on providing health clinics and safe water? Aren’t these things more relevant? I have no intention of downplaying the importance of the Internet, but its impact has been exaggerated.

– Ha-Joon Chang

Ha-Joon Chang

Instead of reading a paper, we now read the news online. Instead of buying books at a store, we buy them on-line. What’s so revolutionary? The Internet has mainly affected our leisure life.

– Ha-Joon Chang

Ha-Joon Chang

The economy is much bigger than the market. We will not be able to build a good economy – nor a good society – unless we look at the vast expanse beyond the market.

– Ha-Joon Chang

Ha-Joon Chang

Few countries have become rich through free-trade, free-market policies, and few ever will.

– Ha-Joon Chang

Ha-Joon Chang

Overcoming the myth that there is such a thing as an objectively defined ‘free market’ is the first step towards understanding capitalism.

– Ha-Joon Chang

Ha-Joon Chang

It is impossible to objectively define how free a market is. This is a political definition. Government is always involved, and those free marketers are as politically motivated as anyone.

– Ha-Joon Chang

Ha-Joon Chang

Every market has some rules and boundaries that restrict freedom of choice. A market looks free only because we so unconditionally accept its underlying restrictions that we fail to see them.

– Ha-Joon Chang

Ha-Joon Chang

It is one thing to tell the citizens of some faraway country to go to hell, but it is another to do the same to your own citizens, who are supposedly your ultimate sovereigns.

– Ha-Joon Chang

Ha-Joon Chang

Many financial and industrial companies have been bailed out with the public’s money, but very few of those who had run those companies have been punished for their failures. Yes, the top managers of those companies have lost their jobs – but with a fat pension and mostly with a handsome severance payment.

– Ha-Joon Chang

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