<< /Type /Page >> 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism assaults economic orthodoxy on a much larger front. >> /Contents 168 0 R >> /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] Chang’s recent bestselling book 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism (New York: Bloomsbury, 2010) deserves some success. /Parent 1 0 R /Contents 309 0 R /Type /Page 55 0 obj /Annots 254 0 R “23 things they don’t tell you about capitalism” divides into 23 chapters called “Things” in which Ha-Joon Chang challenges common beliefs about the free market, provides concrete and easy to understand examples where state intervention / regulation worked for the benefit of the market and closes with a … << /Contents 297 0 R endobj endobj /Type /Page I am glad that I have just finished one such book. Universiteit / hogeschool. /Annots 263 0 R 23 Things are actually 23 different chapters with each one presenting a counterintuitive perspective on otherwise generally accepted capitalist theories. /Annots 123 0 R /Resources 163 0 R 9 0 obj /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /Type /Page 27 0 obj /Annots 206 0 R /Contents 282 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] 86 0 obj /Type /Page << /Resources 125 0 R endobj 57 0 obj /Type /Page /Parent 1 0 R /Contents 177 0 R /Type /Page With numerous authors attempting to explain the global financial meltdown, Chang succeeds where most have failed, providing an elaborate and deep critique of capitalism rather… /Annots 230 0 R /Contents 216 0 R /Contents 219 0 R /Parent 1 0 R >> 18 0 obj /Type /Page /Resources 199 0 R endobj /Type /Page [1][2][3], The book's criticisms range from more commonplace assertions such as "companies should not be run in the interests of their owners"[4] to less common specific arguments such as "the washing machine has changed the world more than the internet has". >> 37 0 obj /Parent 1 0 R /Contents 124 0 R 38 0 obj /Annots 314 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /Resources 353 0 R >> /Type /Page << /Annots 209 0 R I looked that up because his book, 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism, says, in plain English and using common sense way many things that are contrary to what "experts" have been preaching for decades. Economics Governance & Business Ethics (ECB2EGBE) Academisch jaar. /Kids [ 4 0 R 5 0 R 6 0 R 7 0 R 8 0 R 9 0 R 10 0 R 11 0 R 12 0 R 13 0 R 14 0 R 15 0 R 16 0 R 17 0 R 18 0 R 19 0 R 20 0 R 21 0 R 22 0 R 23 0 R 24 0 R 25 0 R 26 0 R 27 0 R 28 0 R 29 0 R 30 0 R 31 0 R 32 0 R 33 0 R 34 0 R 35 0 R 36 0 R 37 0 R 38 0 R 39 0 R 40 0 R 41 0 R 42 0 R 43 0 R 44 0 R 45 0 R 46 0 R 47 0 R 48 0 R 49 0 R 50 0 R 51 0 R 52 0 R 53 0 R 54 0 R 55 0 R 56 0 R 57 0 R 58 0 R 59 0 R 60 0 R 61 0 R 62 0 R 63 0 R 64 0 R 65 0 R 66 0 R 67 0 R 68 0 R 69 0 R 70 0 R 71 0 R 72 0 R 73 0 R 74 0 R 75 0 R 76 0 R 77 0 R 78 0 R 79 0 R 80 0 R 81 0 R 82 0 R 83 0 R 84 0 R 85 0 R 86 0 R ] >> /Parent 1 0 R /Annots 351 0 R 47 0 obj /Type /Page >> /Annots 299 0 R /Resources 205 0 R 85 0 obj >> << /Resources 145 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] It may have its flaws, but there's no real alternative to free-market capitalism - ultimately it's making us all more prosperous. /Type /Page /Annots 332 0 R /Parent 1 0 R /Resources 250 0 R /CSp /DeviceRGB 8 of the 23 things “they don’t tell you” A sampling of Ha-Joon Chang’s message: There is no such thing as a free market. << ; Greater macroeconomic stability has not made the world economy more stable. >> /Contents 234 0 R /Annots 221 0 R /Parent 1 0 R /Pages 1 0 R 1 0 obj /Annots 239 0 R /Type /Page >> /Resources 347 0 R 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism ‘The global economy lies in tatters’. << ɹ\� 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. /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /Parent 1 0 R [11] Hannam summarises that the most valuable aspect of the book is its "insight into how left wing economists are trying to come to terms with the failure of socialism". /Type /Page /Parent 1 0 R /Type /Page endobj << /Annots 287 0 R