{"product_id":"9781608193387","title":"23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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.\"-\u003ci\u003eObserver (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChang, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ha-Joon Chang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":53208967184544,"sku":"9781608193387","price":12.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e49572c4-30f6-4730-8f3b-e8fea8e9d1cd.jpg?v=1769464278","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9781608193387","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}