HA-JOON CHANG. 23 Things They Don’t Tell You about Capitalism
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HA-JOON CHANG. 23 Things They Don’t Tell You about Capitalism


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Thing 1 There is no such thing as a free market

Thing 2 Companies should not be run in the interest of their owners

Thing 3 Most people in rich countries are paid more than they should be

Thing 4 The washing machine has changed the world more than the internet has

Thing 5 Assume the worst about people and you get the worst

Thing 6 Greater macroeconomic stability has not made the world economy more stable

Thing 7 Free-market policies rarely make poor countries rich

Thing 8 Capital has a nationality

Thing 9 We do not live in a post-industrial age

Thing 10 The US does not have the highest living standard in the world

Thing 11 Africa is not destined for underdevelopment

Thing 12 Governments can pick winners

Thing 13 Making rich people richer doesn’t make the rest of us richer

Thing 14 US managers are over-priced

Thing 15 People in poor countries are more entrepreneurial than people in rich countries

Thing 16 We are not smart enough to leave things to the market

Thing 17 More education in itself is not going to make a country richer

Thing 18 What is good for General Motors is not necessarily good for the United States

Thing 19 Despite the fall of communism, we are still living in planned economies

Thing 20 Equality of opportunity may not be fair

Thing 21 Big government makes people more open to change

Thing 22 Financial markets need to become less, not more, efficient

Thing 23 Good economic policy does not require good economists




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