Books by Ha-Joon Chang
“Ha-Joon Chang is writing in 2002. By then we’ve had a decade of the Washington Consensus of free trade and liberalism going around the world…What Chang is really trying to do is say, not only is that not the right approach, it’s not even the approach that Britain and America took themselves to get rich. So he is taking a historical look—all the way from the 1600s to the present day—to show that, in fact, when we look at major developed countries, they actually used precisely the kinds of industrial policy techniques that countries in East Asia are doing today.” Read more...
The best books on Industrial Policy
Danny Crichton, Journalist
Bad Samaritans
by Ha-Joon Chang
The three leading countries of industrial capitalism developed using techniques, as Ha-Joon Chang points out, that are the opposite of what are supposed to work.
Interviews where books by Ha-Joon Chang were recommended
The best books on American Economic History, recommended by Michael Lind
The American economy has been driven by waves of technological change and the successful adoption of ideas from elsewhere. The author of Land of Promise tells us how it happened, and what history teaches us about the way ahead
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Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective
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Creating the Cold War University: The Transformation of Stanford
by Rebecca Lowen -
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Asia's Next Giant: South Korea and Late Industrialization
by Alice Amsden -
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The Politics of Large Numbers: A History of Statistical Reasoning
by Alain Desrosières & Camille Naish (translator) -
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The Collapse of Complex Societies
by Joseph Tainter
The best books on Industrial Policy, recommended by Danny Crichton
The best books on Industrial Policy, recommended by Danny Crichton
Government intervention in the economy played a key role in the East Asian economic miracle and, further back, the development of countries that have traditionally championed free markets around the world. As the merit of state leadership in key industries returns to mainstream debate, Danny Crichton of venture capital firm Lux Capital recommends five outstanding books for understanding industrial policy.
