![]() ![]() The first section is a page-turning history, the second a call to arms about how to apply economics in the real world using simple, everyday examples. This is good news for me because I’m out of practice: it’s been 10 years since I studied economics at school. Reassuringly, according to Chang, all one needs to make sense of the global economy via his book is a secondary education. It is time for the rest of us to get involved. ![]() Today, unless you are good at maths and science, he writes in Economics: The User’s Guide, you won’t be able to understand economic literature. For too long, argues the South Korean economist, the public has been discouraged from engaging with his subject – and, as a consequence, from participating in some of the most important debates of our age. Ha-Joon Chang’s guerrilla war against free-market orthodoxy continues. ![]()
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