Bad samaritans : the myth of free trade and the secret history of capitalism
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Published
New York : Bloomsbury Press :, 2008.
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Book
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
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xi, 276 pages ; 25 cm
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Oliver La Farge - Adult
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Published
New York : Bloomsbury Press :, 2008.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Language
English
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General Note
"First published in Great Britain in 2007 by Random House Business Books"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-266) and index.
Description
Contrarian economist Chang blasts holes in the "World Is Flat" theories of Thomas Friedman and other neo-liberal economists who argue that only unfettered capitalism and wide-open international trade can lift struggling nations out of poverty. On the contrary, Chang shows, today's economic superpowers--from the United States to Britain to his native South Korea--all attained prosperity by protectionism and government intervention in industry. We in the wealthy nations have conveniently forgotten this fact, telling ourselves a fairy tale about the magic of free trade and forcing policies that suit ourselves on the developing world. Unlike typical economists who construct models of how economies are supposed to behave, Chang examines the past: what has actually happened. He calls on America to return to its abandoned role, embodied in programs like the Marshall Plan, to offer a helping hand, instead of a closed fist, to countries struggling to follow in our footsteps.--From publisher description.
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