Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism
23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism | Ha-Joon Chang
4 posts | 7 read | 15 to read
Thing 1: There is no such thing as free market. Thing 4: The washing machine has changed the world more than the Internet. Thing 5: Assume the worst about people, and you get the worst. Thing 13: Making rich people richer doesn't make the rest of us richer. 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.
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
review
Smarkies
post image
Pickpick

It took me a while to get through this book - maybe because the subject matter is also not one that is the most riveting. But the author did his best trying to lighten up what could have been a really dense book.
The book helped me have a more nuanced view about the economies of various countries and what has / is going wrong with the thinking around capitalism.
#nonfiction2020
#somethingabouteconomics

20 likes1 stack add
review
Emilymdxn
post image
Pickpick

Definitely the best economics book I‘ve ever read! Kind of changed my opinion of economics as a field, made me want to study it more for definite. I love how Chang combines quantitative material with bringing in human rights, values, social factors and makes an optimistic case for more human economics that works with social justice not against it. Recommend so so much

SamAnne I just listened to Doughnut Economics at someone‘s recommendation. It was good but ideas weren‘t new to me. Are you familiar with that one? How does this one compare? 6y
43 likes4 stack adds1 comment
blurb
Emilymdxn
post image

Continuing my project of educating myself about economics 🥰🥰🥰 hoping to take an evening class or something at some point but until I have some time and money I‘m enjoying doing it myself

36 likes1 stack add
blurb
smccallum
post image

This is making for an interesting read on audio!

35 likes2 stack adds