Kicking Away the Ladder

Author: Ha-Joon Chang
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 0857287613
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
How did the rich countries really become rich? In this provocative study, Ha-Joon Chang examines the great pressure on developing countries from the developed world to adopt certain 'good policies' and 'good institutions', seen today as necessary for economic development. His conclusions are compelling and disturbing: that developed countries are attempting to 'kick away the ladder' with which they have climbed to the top, thereby preventing developing countries from adopting policies and institutions that they themselves have used.

An Analysis of Ha-Joon Chang's Kicking Away the Ladder

Author: Sulaiman Hakemy
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1351350617
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 95

Book Description
South Korean economist Ha-Joon Chang used his 2003 work Kicking Away The Ladder to challenge the central orthodoxies of development economics, using his creative thinking skills to shine new light on an old topic. Creative thinkers are often distinguished by their willingness to challenge received ideas, and this is a central aspect of Chang’s work on development. Before Chang, the received wisdom was that developing countries needed the same kinds of economic policies and institutions as developed countries in order to enjoy the same prosperity. But, as Chang pointed out, the historical evidence showed that First World economic success was, in fact, due to exactly the kinds of state intervention that modern development orthodoxy shuns. Western affluence is the product of precisely the kinds of state control – of protectionism and the setting of price tariffs – that developed countries have since denied the developing world in the name of economic freedom and ‘best practice.’ By insisting that Third World nations should adopt these economic policies themselves, argued Chang, the West is actually stifling Third World economic prospects – kicking away the ladder. His carefully reasoned argument for a novel point of view was closely based on the critical thinking skill of producing novel explanations for existing evidence, and led many to question development orthodoxies – sparking a rethink of modern development strategies for less-developed countries.

Developmental Politics in Transition

Author: C. Kyung-Sup
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137028300
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340

Book Description
Blending theory and case studies, this volume explores a vitally important and topical aspect of developmentalism, which remains a focal point for scholarly and policy debates around democracy and social development in the global political economy. Includes case studies from China, Vietnam, India, Brazil, Uganda, South Korea, Ireland, Australia.

Rethinking Development Economics

Author: Ha-Joon Chang
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1843311100
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 556

Book Description
This title represents the most forward thinking and comprehensive review of development economics currently available.

23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism

Author: Ha-Joon Chang
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1608193586
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "For anyone who wants to understand capitalism not as economists or politicians have pictured it but as it actually operates, this book will be invaluable."-Observer (UK) If you've wondered how we did not see the economic collapse coming, Ha-Joon Chang knows the answer: We didn't ask what they didn't tell us about capitalism. This is a lighthearted book with a serious purpose: to question the assumptions behind the dogma and sheer hype that the dominant school of neoliberal economists-the apostles of the freemarket-have spun since the Age of Reagan. Chang, the author of the international bestseller Bad Samaritans, is one of the world's most respected economists, a voice of sanity-and wit-in the tradition of John Kenneth Galbraith and Joseph Stiglitz. 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism equips readers with an understanding of how global capitalism works-and doesn't. In his final chapter, "How to Rebuild the World," Chang offers a vision of how we can shape capitalism to humane ends, instead of becoming slaves of the market.

Globalisation, Economic Development & the Role of the State

Author: Ha-Joon Chang
Publisher: Zed Books
ISBN: 9781842771433
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 348

Book Description
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 constructive roles which the state can and must play in economic development.

The Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy in Africa

Author: Charles Chukwuma Soludo
Publisher: IDRC
ISBN: 1592211658
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 376

Book Description
This book maps the process and political economy of policy making in Africa. It's focus on trade and industrial policy makes it unique and it will appeal to students and academics in economics, political economy, political science and African studies. Detailed case studies help the reader to understand how the process and motivation behind policy decisions can vary from country to country depending on the form of government, ethnicity and nationality and other social factors.

Reclaiming Development

Author: Ha-Joon Chang
Publisher: Zed Books
ISBN: 9781842772010
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Book Description
The authors of this book challenge prevailing ideas about free markets and globalization. They question whether globalization is a technological reality that cannot be stopped and ask if the US economy really outperformed its competitors in the 1990s. They show how in each key area--trade and industrial policy, privatization, intellectual property rights, investment and financial policies, exchange rate and currency policy, labour and social welfare --there are alternatives to neoliberal policies that the historical experience of particular countries prove really works.

Kicking Away the Ladder

Author: Sulaiman Hakemy
Publisher: Macat Library
ISBN: 9781912128938
Category : Capitalism
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Ever since the nineteenth century, people have claimed that the prosperity enjoyed by the First World was the result of its devotion to unconstrained economic freedoms. Chang claims that, in fact, First world success was due to exactly the kinds of stat intervention that traditional economic thinking consistently opposes today. His detailed analysis of how Britain and the United States came to dominate the emerging global economy highlights their willingness to exploit the apparatus of the state to achieve such results. He also shows how the financial, legal, and institutional bodies claimed as essential to the West's economic muscle were actually the products of its economic dominance. Book jacket.

The Art of Economic Catch-Up

Author: Keun Lee
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108472877
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
A highly original book that provides policy solutions for development challenges, framing them with insightful and inventive allegories.