Bad Samaritans

The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism

Hardcover, 288 pages

English language

Published Dec. 25, 2007 by Bloomsbuy Books.

ISBN:
978-1-59691-399-8
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Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism is a book about economics written by Ha-Joon Chang, a South Korean institutional economist specializing in development economics. It criticizes mainstream economics of globalization and neo-liberalism. Chang claims that developed countries want developing countries to change their economic policy and open their markets. Rich and powerful governments and institutions are actually "Bad Samaritans"; their intentions may be worthy but their simplistic, free-market ideology and poor understanding of history leads them into policy errors.

2 editions

Subjects

  • Capitalism
  • Economics
  • Politics
  • Society