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Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism
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by Ha-Joon Chang
Sales Rank: 31689
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List Price: $26.95
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 288 pages
Published by: Bloomsbury Press December 26, 2007
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1596913991
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1596913998
Book Dimensions:
9.4 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Reader Reviews
While other books (linked below) have focused on the evils done in our name, this is the first book I have seen that dissects economic history in order to demonstrate the hypocrisy of the current regime that bullies lesser developed countries with the IMF-WTO-World Bank interlocking conditionalities. The author comes down solidly in favor of protectionism, foreign investment controls, state-owned enterprises, avoidance of privatization, not allowing patents to clash with the public interest, the need to defy the marketplace and respect the role of manufacturing, and the influence of culture (and changing the culture through government direction). This is a nuanced book that trashes the neo-liberals while speaking truth to power. On any given prescrption, the author will say "it depends" and avoid leaning to one extreme over another. He touches on democracy as not necessarily good for developement, and corruption not necessarily bad. Other books that I respect as much as this one: The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits (Wharton School Publishing Paperbacks) Confessions of an Economic Hit Man The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Manufacture of Evil: Ethics, Evolution, and the Industrial System Open Society: Reforming Global Capitalism The Pathology of Power - A Challenge to Human Freedom and Safety Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence, and the Will of the People See also my varied lists.
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