Author: Ha-Joon Chang
Translator: Seong-baek Hyeong
Publisher: Bookie
328 pages | 223*152mm
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About This Book
'The most important book about the world economy to be published in
years.' Prospect 'This book is a joy: a fantastically useful teaching
aid... a very necessary historical conscience in an age of amnesia.' The
Business Economist 'A provocative critique of mainstream economists'
sermons directed to developing countriesˇ¦ It demands attention.' Charles
Kindleberger, Emeritus Professor of Economics, MIT 'A scholarly
tour-de-forceˇ¦ essential reading for industrial policy-makers in the
twenty-first century.' Lance Taylor, Professor of Economics, New School
University 'ˇ¦a lively, knowledgeable and original contribution to
international political economy.' John Toye, Professor of Economics,
University of Oxford 'ˇ¦an original and immensely valuable contribution
to current debates on development.' Peter Evans, Professor of Sociology,
University of California, Berkeley How did the rich countries really
become rich? In this provocative study, Ha-Joon Chang examines the great
pressure on developing countries from the developed world to adopt
certain 'good policies' and 'good institutions', seen today as necessary
for economic development. Adopting an historical approach, Dr Chang
finds that the economic evolution of now-developed countries differed
dramatically from the procedures that they now recommend to poorer
nations. His conclusions are compelling and disturbing: that developed
countries are attempting to 'kick away the ladder' by which they have
climbed to the top, thereby preventing developing countries from
adopting policies and institutions that they themselves used.
Ha-Joon Chang has taught at the Faculty of Economics, University of
Cambridge, since 1990. He has consulted for numerous international
organizations, including the U nited Nations, the World Bank, and the
Asian Development Bank. He has published eleven books, including Kicking
Away the Ladder, winner of the 2003 Myrdal Prize. In 2005, Chang was
awarded the Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic
Thought.
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