23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism

New edition

Paperback (24 Jan 2012)

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Publisher's Synopsis

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

"For anyone who wants to understand capitalism not as economists or politicians have pictured it but as it actually operates, this book will be invaluable."-Observer (UK)

If you've wondered how we did not see the economic collapse coming, Ha-Joon Chang knows the answer: We didn't ask what they didn't tell us about capitalism. This is a lighthearted book with a serious purpose: 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 vision of how we can shape capitalism to humane ends, instead of becoming slaves of the market.

Book information

ISBN: 9781608193387
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Imprint: Bloomsbury
Pub date:
Edition: New edition
DEWEY: 330.122
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 272g
Height: 207mm
Width: 141mm
Spine width: 20mm