01432nam a2200181Ia 450000500170000000800410001702000180005808200160007610000200009224500690011226000280018130000250020952009420023465000290117665000140120565000110121970000200123020240412160809.0190830s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a9780141047973  a330.122 CHA  aChang, Ha-Joon. 0a23 Things they Don't Tell You About Capitalismc/Ha-Joon Chang,   bLondon : Penguin,c2011  axviii,285p.c: 24cm.  an this revelatory book, Ha-Joon Chang destroys the biggest myths of our times and shows us an alternative view of the world, including:

There's no such thing as a 'free' market
Globalization isn't making the world richer
We don't live in a digital world - the washing machine has changed lives more than the internet
Poor countries are more entrepreneurial than rich ones
Higher paid managers don't produce better results

We don't have to accept things as they are any longer. Ha-Joon Chang is here to show us there's a better way.

'Lively, accessible and provocative ... read this book' - Sunday Times

'The new kid on the economics block ... Chang's iconoclastic attitude has won him fans' - Independent on Sunday

'Lucid ... audacious' - Guardian

'Important ... persuasive ... an engaging case for a more caring era of globalization' - Financial Times

'A must-read ... incisive and entertaining' - New Statesman Books of the Year  a7 ways to read 23 things  a23 things  a7 ways  aChang, Ha-Joon.