23 things they don't tell you about capitalism
By: Ha-Joon Chang
Publisher: Bloomsbury Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781608191666
Subjects: Economic policy; Free trade; Capitalism
Other titles: Twenty-three things they don't tell you about capitalism
Description: Challenges popular misconceptions while making startling revelations about free-market practices, explaining the author's views on global capitalism dynamics while making recommendations for reshaping capitalism to humane ends.
Notes: "First published in Great Britain in 2010 by Allen Lane"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-276) and index.
Table of contents: title: There is no such thing as a free market; title: Companies should not be run in the interest of their owners; title: Most people in rich countries are paid more than they should be; title: The washing machine has changed the World more than the Internet has; title: Assume the worst about people and you get the worst; title: Greater macroeconomic stability has not made the world economy more stable; title: Free-market policies rarely make poor countries rich; title: Capital has a nationality; title: We do not live in a post-industrial age; title: The US does not have the highest living standard in the world; title: Africa is not destined for underdevelopment; title: Governments can pick winners; title: Making rich people richer doesn't make the rest of us richer; title: US managers are over-priced; title: People in poor countries are more entrepreneurial than people in rich countries; title: We are not smart enough to leave things to the market; title: More education in itself is not going to make a country richer; title: What is good for General Motors is not necessarily good for the United States; title: Despite the fall of communism, we are still living in planned economies; title: Equality of opportunity may not be fair; title: Big government makes people more open to change; title: Financial markets need to become less, not more, efficient; title: Good economic policy does not require good economists; title: Conclusion: How to rebuild the world economy.