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I'm playing the Shostakovich One [Violin Concerto No. 1], and we're recording it live, ... The work is so much fun, it's a monster.


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CHANG-RAE LEE I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises ...
HA-JOON CHANG What free-market economists are not telling us is that the politics they want to get rid of are none...
HA-JOON CHANG Charities are now working to give people in poor countries access to the Internet. But shouldn't...
HA-JOON CHANG I am one of the most successful economists, according to what markets tell us, though most of my pro...
HA-JOON CHANG Contrary to what professional economists will typically tell you, economics is not a science. All ec...
HA-JOON CHANG I don't believe complete assimilation is possible, at least not for anyone who has an active, op...
CHANG-RAE LEE I'm interested in people who find themselves in places, either of their choosing or not, and who...
CHANG-RAE LEE When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while...
HA-JOON CHANG It's important my daughters learn from the hard work my wife and I put into this company. Who be...
DO WON CHANG Patent monopoly creates a lot of problems. It allows the patentee to charge the maximum to consumers...
HA-JOON CHANG No place is perfect, but I admire Oahu for its offering of the tropical and the urban, and then its ...
CHANG-RAE LEE Unlike F. Scott Fitzgerald and Tom Wolfe, I don't like proper dress while working. I like writin...
CHANG-RAE LEE I often think that the prime directive for me as a teacher of writing is akin to that for a physicia...
CHANG-RAE LEE I write on a computer. On breaks, I'll make myself green tea. I don't want something too caf...
CHANG-RAE LEE When I first immigrated to the United States, there were not many jobs that stood out. So I worked a...
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