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History is on the side of the regulators. — Ha-Joon Chang

The foundation of economic development is the acquisition of more productive knowledge. — Ha-Joon Chang

Financial markets need to become less, not more, efficient. — Ha-Joon Chang

People 'over-produce' pollution because they are not paying for the costs of dealing with it. — Ha-Joon Chang

There are different ways to organise capitalism. Free-market capitalism is only one of them-and not a very good one at that. — Ha-Joon Chang

The invention of the printing press was one of the most important events in human history. — Ha-Joon Chang

why do we need to make the rich richer to make them work harder but make the poor poorer for the same purpose? — Ha-Joon Chang

The top 10 per cent of the US population appropriated 91 per cent of income growth between 1989 and 2006, while the top 1 per cent took 59 per cent. — Ha-Joon Chang

95% of Economics is common sense deliberately made complicated. — Ha-Joon Chang

When I was growing up in South Korea in the '70s and early '80s, the country was too poor to buy original records. Everything was bootlegged. — Ha-Joon Chang

It's not just about the current economic environment. History shows that slashing budgets always leads to recession. — Ha-Joon Chang

Democracy and markets are both fundamental building blocks for a decent society. But they clash at a fundamental level. We need to balance them. — Ha-Joon Chang

Equality of opportunity is meaningless for those who do not have the capabilities to take advantage of it. — Ha-Joon Chang

Running the company for the shareholders often reduces its long-term growth potential. — Ha-Joon Chang

Markets weed out inefficient practices, but only when no one has sufficient power to manipulate them. — Ha-Joon Chang

I used to joke that I came to England - not to the U.S. where most Koreans go - because I like Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie. — Ha-Joon Chang

The washing machine changed the world more than the Internet. — Ha-Joon Chang

People who live in poor countries have to be entrepreneurial even just to survive. — Ha-Joon Chang

Assume the worst about people and you get the worst. — Ha-Joon Chang

As a consumer, I don't create art, but I think whatever the message is, art has to touch you. — Ha-Joon Chang

95% of economics is common sense — Ha-Joon Chang

Economics is (almost) about Life, the Universe and Everything. — Ha-Joon Chang

Corruption often exists because there are too many market forces, not too few. — Ha-Joon Chang

Democracy, despite its limitations, is in the end the only way to ensure that policies do not simply benefit the privileged few. — Ha-Joon Chang

Making rich people richer doesn't make the rest of us richer. — Ha-Joon Chang

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, capitalism is the worst economic system except for all the other forms. — Ha-Joon Chang

This is known as the Pareto criterion and forms the basis for all judgements on social improvements in Neoclassical economics today. — Ha-Joon Chang

The best way to boost the economy is to redistribute wealth downward, as poorer people tend to spend a higher proportion of their income. — Ha-Joon Chang

Low inflation and government prudence may be harmful for economic development. — Ha-Joon Chang

Democracy is acceptable to neo-liberals only in so far as it does not contradict the free market. — Ha-Joon Chang

Few countries have become rich through free-trade, free-market policies, and few ever will. — Ha-Joon Chang

Manufacturing is the most important ... route to prosperity. — Ha-Joon Chang

A well-designed welfare state can actually encourage people to take chances with their jobs and be more, not less, open to changes. — Ha-Joon Chang

The Korean economic miracle was the result of a clever and pragmatic mixture of market incentives and state direction. — Ha-Joon Chang

We are not smart enough to leave things to the market. — Ha-Joon Chang

Corruption exists because there is too much, not too little, market. — Ha-Joon Chang

Culture changes with economic development. — Ha-Joon Chang

When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while ago. — Ha-Joon Chang

I think this notion that public enterprises do not work and therefore nationalization will be a disaster, I mean, it's not supported by evidence. — Ha-Joon Chang

I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work. — Ha-Joon Chang

I don't drink at lunchtime because I'm very weak at alcohol like most Asians. — Ha-Joon Chang

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Countries are poor not because their people are lazy; their people are 'lazy' because they are poor. — Ha-Joon Chang

Overcoming the myth that there is such a thing as an objectively defined 'free market' is the first step towards understanding capitalism. — Ha-Joon Chang

I like all kinds of music - classical, pop, rock, electronic. — Ha-Joon Chang

The welfare state is the bankruptcy law for workers — Ha-Joon Chang

As someone from a developing country, I have a problem with rich countries thinking they can tell us anything, simply because they are giving money. — Ha-Joon Chang