Few countries have become rich through free-trade, free-market policies, and few ever will. Ha-Joon Chang Read Quote
I don’t drink at lunchtime because I’m very weak at alcohol like most Asians. Ha-Joon Chang Read Quote
In the 19th century, a lot of people were against outlawing child labour, because to do so would be against the very foundations of a free market economy: ‘These children want to work, these people want to employ them… what is your problem? It’s not as if anyone has kidnapped them…’ Ha-Joon Chang Read Quote
Without there being some national strategy, it is difficult for educators to know what kinds of engineers or technicians to produce and for potential students to know what professions to study for. Ha-Joon Chang Read Quote
Many people think that the U.S. is ahead in the frontier technology sectors as a result of private sector entrepreneurship. It’s not. The U.S. federal government created all these sectors. Ha-Joon Chang Read Quote
It is one thing to tell the citizens of some faraway country to go to hell, but it is another to do the same to your own citizens, who are supposedly your ultimate sovereigns. Ha-Joon Chang Read Quote
Every market has some rules and boundaries that restrict freedom of choice. A market looks free only because we so unconditionally accept its underlying restrictions that we fail to see them. Ha-Joon Chang Read Quote
By liberating women from household work and helping to abolish professions such as domestic service, the washing machine and other household goods completely revolutionised the structure of society. Ha-Joon Chang Read Quote
Charities are now working to give people in poor countries access to the Internet. But shouldn’t we spend that money on providing health clinics and safe water? Aren’t these things more relevant? I have no intention of downplaying the importance of the Internet, but its impact has been exaggerated. Ha-Joon Chang Read Quote
