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10 quotes by Ha-Joon Chang

Korean name Hangul 장하준 Hanja 張夏准 Revised Romanization Jang Hajun McCune–Reischauer Chang Hachun Korean pronunciation: [tɕaŋɦadʑun] Ha-Joon Chang (Hangul: 장하준; hanja: 張夏准; born October 7, 1963) is a Korean heterodox economist and institutional economist specialising in development economics. Currently a Reader in the Political Economy of Development at the University of Cambridge, Chang is the author of several widely-discussed policy books,...
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The invention of the printing press was one of the most important events in human history.

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By liberating women from household work and helping to abolish professions such as domestic service, the washing machine and other household goods... →

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People tend to think that numbers are quite objective, but numbers in economics are not like this. Some economists say they're like sausages: you... →

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As someone from a developing country, I have a problem with rich countries thinking they can tell us anything, simply because they are giving money.

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Democracy, despite its limitations, is in the end the only way to ensure that policies do not simply benefit the privileged few.

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When I was growing up in South Korea in the '70s and early '80s, the country was too poor to buy original records. Everything was bootlegged.

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Why do tax havens exist? Because rich countries allow them to. If the U.S. came down on tax havens in the same way they come down on countries that... →

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As a consumer, I don't create art, but I think whatever the message is, art has to touch you.

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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.

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When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while ago.

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