Ha-Joon Chang dispels the myths & prejudices that have come to dominate our understanding of how the world works. He succeeds in both setting the historical record straight & persuading us of the consequences of his analysis.

Today East Asia is the richest part of the world outside the old industrial centres of Western Europe and North America. Despite political authoritarianism, human rights violations, corruption, repression of labour unions, gender discrimination and mistreatment of ethnic minorities, the citizens of the East Asian economies have experienced improvements in income and general well-being unparalleled in human history.
In this book, Ha-Joon Chang provides a fresh analysis of this spectacular growth. He considers East Asian economies unorthodox methods, and their rejection of best practice...

Ha-Joon Chang evaluates the role of the state in economics and development. In this collection of essays, he reviews theories and practices of state intervention as they have developed over two centuries of modern capitalism. He develops an institutionalist approach to the role of the state in economic change, and examines the issues involved in particular settings including industrial policy, trade policy, intellectual property rights, regulation, and strategies towards transnational corporations. He mounts a sophisticated theoretical and historical case for the continuing essential and...

Argues that in theory the world's wealthiest countries and supra-national institutions like the IMF, World Bank and WTO want to see all nations developing into modern industrial societies. This book describes that in practice, though, those at the top are 'kicking away the ladder' to wealth that they themselves climbed.

Téma bestselleru mladého amerického ekonoma je jasně dáno titulem. Ha-Joon Chang pojmenuje určitý rys současného ekonomického systému, který je podle jeho soudu zamlčován či zkreslován, a pak své tvrzení čtivou formou ilustruje či doloží. Hned jedna z prvních jeho tezí o obsahu a zaměření knihy vypovídá více než výmluvně: Nic takového jako volný trh neexistuje. Autor však samozřejmě není zastáncem nějaké socialistické revoluce a přechodu ke komunismu - spíše se snaží revidovat stokrát omílané pravdy a poučky a poukázat na možné modifikace...