[New post] Ha-Joon Chang has exposed the fallacies of neoliberalism
benjaminselwyn posted: " Korean economist Ha-Joon Chang is a brilliant, best-selling critic of neoliberal orthodoxy. But Chang stops far short of taking the necessary next step: questioning the capitalist system itself. Ha-Joon Chang is a rarity in the contemporary wo" Developing Economics
Korean economist Ha-Joon Chang is a brilliant, best-selling critic of neoliberal orthodoxy. But Chang stops far short of taking the necessary next step: questioning the capitalist system itself.
Ha-Joon Chang is a rarity in the contemporary world: an economics professor who is highly critical of the neoliberal free-market orthodoxy, advocates progressive social change, writes and speaks accessibly, and is very, very popular.
Chang's books have sold millions of copies, and he is a regular contributor to mainstream media outlets. According to Chang himself, his aim is not simply to challenge free-market orthodoxy, but also to support, through his work, the kind of "active economic citizenship" that will demand "the right courses of action from those in decision-making positions."
While socialists can learn a lot from Ha-Joon Chang's work, we also need to read it critically and identify some of the gaps in his thinking. Chang's self-professed aspiration is to promote an alternative form of capitalism, but our goal should be to develop an alternative to capitalism.
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