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

Without there being some national strategy, it is difficult for educators to know what kinds of engi...
HA-JOON CHANG

Every market has some rules and boundaries that restrict freedom of choice. A market looks free only...
HA-JOON CHANG

Free market economists frequently see minimum wage legislation as mere political intervention. Howev...
HA-JOON CHANG

People always think they're in the middle of a revolution while they tend not to realize the eno...
HA-JOON CHANG

A lot of things that we cannot buy and sell in markets used to be totally legal objects of market ex...
HA-JOON CHANG

I don't drink at lunchtime because I'm very weak at alcohol like most Asians.
HA-JOON CHANG

Imagine if all those kings and dukes hadn't commissioned those crazy cathedrals, paintings and m...
HA-JOON CHANG

People tend to think that numbers are quite objective, but numbers in economics are not like this. S...
HA-JOON CHANG

Unfortunately, a lot of economists wanted to make their subject a science. So the more what you do r...
HA-JOON CHANG

Gone are the days when the upper classes were terrified of the angry mob wanting to smash their skul...
HA-JOON CHANG

Economics should be defined in terms of what it is about. It should be about how people produce thin...
HA-JOON CHANG

The feeling of insecurity is inimical to our sense of wellbeing, as it causes anxiety and stress, wh...
HA-JOON CHANG

Many financial and industrial companies have been bailed out with the public's money, but very f...
HA-JOON CHANG

Basically, the myth is that America has been founded on the free market; the government has done ver...
HA-JOON CHANG

Democracy, despite its limitations, is in the end the only way to ensure that policies do not simply...
HA-JOON CHANG

The invention of the printing press was one of the most important events in human history.
HA-JOON CHANG

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

When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while...
HA-JOON CHANG

Patent monopoly creates a lot of problems. It allows the patentee to charge the maximum to consumers...
HA-JOON CHANG

It is one thing to tell the citizens of some faraway country to go to hell, but it is another to do ...
HA-JOON CHANG

Few countries have become rich through free-trade, free-market policies, and few ever will.
HA-JOON CHANG

The economy is much bigger than the market. We will not be able to build a good economy - nor a good...
HA-JOON CHANG

Sometimes people with strong ideology, whether left-wing or right-wing, refuse to do something simpl...
HA-JOON CHANG

In the 19th century, a lot of people were against outlawing child labour, because to do so would be ...
HA-JOON CHANG

I used to joke that I came to England - not to the U.S. where most Koreans go - because I like Arthu...
HA-JOON CHANG

If we are really serious about preventing another crisis like the 2008 meltdown, we should simply ba...
HA-JOON CHANG

The truth is that the free movement of goods, people, and money that developed under British hegemon...
HA-JOON CHANG

Once you realize that trickle-down economics does not work, you will see the excessive tax cuts for ...
HA-JOON CHANG

Very often, the judgments by ordinary citizens may be better than those by professional economists, ...
HA-JOON CHANG

Above a certain level of income, the relative value of material consumption vis-a-vis leisure time i...
HA-JOON CHANG

Instead of reading a paper, we now read the news online. Instead of buying books at a store, we buy ...
HA-JOON CHANG

By liberating women from household work and helping to abolish professions such as domestic service,...
HA-JOON CHANG

Why do tax havens exist? Because rich countries allow them to. If the U.S. came down on tax havens i...
HA-JOON CHANG

As someone from a developing country, I have a problem with rich countries thinking they can tell us...
HA-JOON CHANG

Markets are, in the end, man-made devices for utilitarian purposes, not a force of nature that we sh...
HA-JOON CHANG

To put it bluntly, there isn't one economic theory that can single-handedly explain Singapore...
HA-JOON CHANG

As these contrasts show, capitalism has undergone enormous changes in the last two and a half centur...
HA-JOON CHANG

When I was growing up in South Korea in the '70s and early '80s, the country was too poor to...
HA-JOON CHANG

The widely accepted assertion that, only if you let markets be will everyone be paid correctly and t...
HA-JOON CHANG

People 'over-produce' pollution because they are not paying for the costs of dealing with it.
HA-JOON CHANG

The best way to boost the economy is to redistribute wealth downward, as poorer people tend to spend...
HA-JOON CHANG

Equality of opportunity is not enough. Unless we create an environment where everyone is guaranteed ...
HA-JOON CHANG

I get so high when you're with me then crash and crave you when you leave
KE$HA

I work hard, I work very hard. All the books at least 30 revisions.
HA JIN

The more you move, the stronger you'll grow, not like a tree that can be killed if you uproot it.
HA JIN

When the clock Tick Tocks the party never stops!
KE$HA

We ate away, reminiscing about our victories over the enemies from different streets and villages an...
HA JIN

Writing is not a great profession as a lot of writers proclaim. I write because this is something I ...
HA JIN

It's a natural step for the country to gradually widen the trading band. Conditions in China are mat...
HA JIMING

The economy is still growing very strongly.
HA JIMING

There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most ...
IRIS CHANG

Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class d...
IRIS CHANG

Often, what you see in the media is driven by economic forces.
IRIS CHANG

It is very difficult to hang onto the relics of history.
IRIS CHANG

Now, most of the new immigrants coming to this country are from Asia as opposed to Europe.
IRIS CHANG

Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else...
IRIS CHANG

The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments o...
IRIS CHANG

If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an eco...
IRIS CHANG

It was clear that the special interest groups in California really wanted the Chinese to be shut out...
IRIS CHANG

For some reason, I seem to be bothered whenever I see acts of injustice and assaults on people's...
IRIS CHANG

Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerou...
IRIS CHANG

We have to keep in mind that it's not just about the numbers of people who died; it's also t...
IRIS CHANG

I received an honorary doctorate for my work. Maybe one of these works is considered the equivalent ...
IRIS CHANG

After working as a journalist I went to a writing program at Johns Hopkins. It was interesting becau...
IRIS CHANG

It's a wonderful thing to see a segment of our population that is open and eager to learn more a...
IRIS CHANG

When you take something extremely broad, then it is not a work of expansion or work of compression. ...
IRIS CHANG

Somebody who was born in this country who visited China would later face difficulty getting back in ...
IRIS CHANG

I don't mind solitude. I love talking to other people, but I do need my space.
IRIS CHANG

I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself,...
IRIS CHANG

There isn't much in the way of pure communist spirit, because the whole nation seems to be engag...
IRIS CHANG

They probably do have an Asian Barbie.
IRIS CHANG

I have certainly amassed many historical research gathering skills.
IRIS CHANG

Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, an...
IRIS CHANG

Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien.
IRIS CHANG

I've never bribed my way into a restaurant. I've never slipped a C-note or greased a palm. I...
DAVID CHANG

Life's too short to just breeze on by.
DAVID CHANG

I see tendencies, I see body language.
MICHAEL CHANG

Passion holds up the bottom of the universe and genius paints up its roof.
CHAO CHANG

A market is the combined behavior of thousands of people responding to information, misinformation a...
KENNETH CHANG

At the heart of the debate over intelligent design is this question: Can a scientific explanation of...
KENNETH CHANG

Food, to me, is always about cooking and eating with those you love and care for.
DAVID CHANG

Cooking and gardening involve so many disciplines: math, chemistry, reading, history.
DAVID CHANG

As long as there's pasta and Chinese food in the world, I'm okay.
MICHAEL CHANG

I wanted to disprove the notion that you couldn't open a great restaurant in a casino.
DAVID CHANG

If children were brought up to become non-conformists it would only ruin their lives. So parents all...
JUNG CHANG

When I was in China, Mao was Chairman, and parents were terrified to tell their children anything th...
JUNG CHANG

There is also an epidemic of infertility in this country. There are more women who have put off chil...
IRIS CHANG

There's the common misconception that restaurants make a lot of money. It's not true. If you...
DAVID CHANG

I no longer have the terrible nightmares that I used to have. Mao had just died in 1976, and China b...
JUNG CHANG

I look forward to the spring vegetables because the season is so short. Mushrooms, edible foraged he...
DAVID CHANG

Obviously the Asian American community wants you to do well. They are cheering you on no matter what...
MICHAEL CHANG

There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China. If people star...
IRIS CHANG

The worst... was what the Pakistani soldiers did to the Bengali women after their failed rebellion.
IRIS CHANG

As an athlete, I used my speed, agility and quickness to go out and play against the big guys.
MICHAEL CHANG

New York gives us a wide colour palette to cook from. We have cuisines from around the world, and th...
DAVID CHANG

Fear is a driving force for most of the things that I do. I don't know if that's healthy.
DAVID CHANG

To eat well, I always disagree with critics who say that all restaurants should be fine dining. You ...
DAVID CHANG

If people ask me, 'What do you think could improve in Toronto dining,' I'd say there'...
DAVID CHANG

Fine dining teaches you how to cook many different things, and it gives you the basic fundamentals, ...
DAVID CHANG

Passion holds up the bottom of the universe and genius paints up its roof.
CHANG CH'AO

Passion holds up the botton of the world, while genius paints its roof.
CH'AO CHANG

I love to eat sushi, and, you know, those flavors and wasabi and really eating spoonfuls of it... I ...
DAVID CHANG

I love chicken. I love chicken products: fried chicken, roasted chicken, chicken nuggets - whatever....
DAVID CHANG

For me, at the French Open, if I wasn't playing my match I was glued to CNN watching the events ...
MICHAEL CHANG

I think the French Open, in many ways, brought out a certain characteristic in me and in my game tha...
MICHAEL CHANG

Open your refrigerator, your freezer, your kitchen cupboards, and look at the labels on your food. Y...
DAVID CHANG

The Committee of 100 commissioned a survey in which they found that Asian-American candidates are th...
IRIS CHANG

I'm still flirting with No. 1. It just so happens that I have a two behind the one.
MICHAEL CHANG

God bless each and every one of you, especially China.
MICHAEL CHANG

I think when you first come out here, you're very sensitive to planes overhead.
MICHAEL CHANG

I accepted the Ministry of Finance's offer to take up the long-vacant post on Wednesday.
MICHAEL CHANG

Between memory and reality there are awkward discrepancies...
EILEEN CHANG

I'm grasping with how you do something on a large scale with multiple operations and not have qu...
DAVID CHANG

If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try, try again.
MICHAEL CHANG

My biggest opponent has been the injuries. It's a little bit new for me. Maybe it has to do with El ...
MICHAEL CHANG

He is quite incredible - it made me think a bit about me winning the French Open at 17 and how profe...
MICHAEL CHANG

I'm a competitive person and it is in my nature to try hard in every match I play. The only time I'm...
MICHAEL CHANG

All of the Spaniards are really talented. I don't know what they eat.
MICHAEL CHANG

As long as there's pasta and Chinese food in the world, I'm okay.
MICHAEL CHANG

While we like Malaysia, there's reason to like overseas more.
DANNY CHANG

In the 1980s and 1990s, no one wanted to touch a narrow-focused antibiotic, something that treated o...
MICHAEL CHANG

Cadence Encounter Conformal Custom provides a quicker turnaround as the result of its exhaustive ver...
MICHAEL CHANG

[Chang is looking forward to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. He served as a Goodwill Ambassador for Ch...
MICHAEL CHANG

While I was writing Wild Swans I thought the famine was the result of economic mismanagement but dur...
JUNG CHANG

Although my book is banned I am still allowed to go to China and travel. There is no longer the kind...
JUNG CHANG

It's taken us 10 years, and it was constant excitement. I was constantly shocked by how evil he ...
JUNG CHANG

We are always happy to launch a site directed by Jewel. Her sites are awesome, and our members love ...
ARTHUR CHANG

Our collaboration with Francesca resulted in our first DP site. We are working hard to diversify our...
ARTHUR CHANG

I thought Gingrich was quite impressive. He seems to have a good idea about how to solve a serious p...
BENNY CHANG

We invest very heavily in improving the code quality so we reduce the number of bugs the verificatio...
BENNY CHANG

We realize that we can't be perfect. The chips today are large and complex and have a lot of complex...
BENNY CHANG

In that little pocket-size world of his, he was the absolute master.
EILEEN CHANG

We not only reiterated strict management rules to participants, but gave each member a local mobile ...
CHANG QINGLIANG

The Chinese seemed to be mourning Mao in a heartfelt fashion. But I wondered how many of their tears...
JUNG CHANG

I would love mainland Chinese to read my book. There is a Chinese translation which I worked on myse...
JUNG CHANG

I think Pete Sampras has really reached his peak. About the only thing he doesn't do is cook.
MICHAEL CHANG

There are many things to admire about Japan but this is the one thing I love the most and probably t...
DAVID CHANG

A Brighter Summer Day.
CHANG CHEN

Maybe sometimes I'm such a thinker, I reevaluate too much. Sometimes when it comes down to it, I rea...
MICHAEL CHANG

But the Bush administration is treating him with respect and goodwill. We consider this to be an imp...
PARRIS CHANG

Sex scenes are the easiest to film. Everyone is an animal. Everyone is the same when they're making ...
CHANG CHEN

I think that I would rather grow racquet-wise than grow taller. I think I would be a lot slower if I...
MICHAEL CHANG

[Asked about a scene with Gong Li in] Eros, ... I don't think that was explicit. Do you think that w...
CHANG CHEN

Meetings were an important means of Communist control. They left people no free time, and eliminated...
JUNG CHANG

But there are new faces all the time.
SHARON CHANG

I love (F. Scott) Fitzgerald, (Ernest) Hemingway, I love Bill Bryson. At the same time, I love the C...
SHARON CHANG

Often what is deeply offensive to Chinese-Americans that they are really well-represented in medicin...
IRIS CHANG

Shin Kong Life's offer surprised the market.
VICTOR CHANG

The chartered flights to Mecca have increased from 15 to 20 this year due to the sharp expansion of ...
CHANG QINGLIANG

We rented another four buildings for pilgrims, which could accommodate thousands of people for lodgi...
CHANG QINGLIANG

These episodes of racism occur in cycles.
IRIS CHANG

Some quirk in human nature allows even the most unspeakable acts of evil to become banal within minu...
IRIS CHANG

I feel like a dork, because it feels a bit obsessive. I am never going to be selling this (certifica...
LILY CHANG

I don't mind solitude. I love talking to other people, but I do need my space.
IRIS CHANG

Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, an...
IRIS CHANG

The Japanese even forced fathers to rape their own daughters or sons their mothers, brothers their s...
IRIS CHANG

I'm a competitive person and it is in my nature to try hard in every match I play. The only time...
MICHAEL CHANG

...go in the direction your head is pointed in.
JUNG CHANG

Come forth, Paladins!
Fulfill your destiny!
ANDRY CHANG

My dad was in the restaurant business, but I didn't really think about following him. Had I done...
DAVID CHANG

I think that the Japanese - and I do love Japanese cuisine and adore Japanese food culture - I think...
DAVID CHANG

Maybe sometimes I'm such a thinker, I reevaluate too much. Sometimes when it comes down to it, I...
MICHAEL CHANG

Men all across China are going to have trouble finding wives in just a few years.
IRIS CHANG

Say a child raises this beautiful beet. It's going to give her a sense of ownership, and that ch...
DAVID CHANG

When I was in Japan, everyone wanted to work for Pierre Gagnaire, and they wouldn't miss a beat.
DAVID CHANG

Now I enjoy acting,
CHANG CHEN

Nowhere is the erosion of American influence so visible as the place it counts most : emerging Asia.
GORDON CHANG

Pension business is a long-term strategy for us, and also the highlight of our work in 2006. We will...
ERIC CHANG

The capital boosting has the go-ahead from the board. It will be a considerable number, and each par...
ERIC CHANG

I like to have Chinese furniture in my home as a constant and painful reminder of how much has been ...
JUNG CHANG

Waiting tables has never paid my bills, a fact which I prefer to hide from my colleagues with deep s...
DAVID CHANG

Chef Thomas Keller was an inspiration to me and many, many young cooks like me. He told us that the ...
DAVID CHANG

As the Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel warned years ago, to forget a holocaust is to kill twice.
IRIS CHANG

The market is quite stable. Competition will be as stiff as before.
HARVEY CHANG

Technology shares have risen significantly recently. But some investors are wondering whether electr...
HARVEY CHANG

Global equity markets have been mostly strong lately and it appears many local technology companies ...
HARVEY CHANG

It is not as if all these problems can be solved with money. It's not that China isn't making progre...
GORDON CHANG

This is beginning to look like a contest that could last for decades. China and Japan are essentiall...
GORDON CHANG

No one thinks to make the goddess a cup of tea; they just ply her with useless perfumed oils and imp...
JADE CHANG

Fighting Eel has quite a following from Hawaii and abroad, because of its appeal for being youthful,...
JASON CHANG

99 Boarding Co. is the original Oakley store of the Pacific, offering the widest selection of Oakley...
JASON CHANG

The livelihood of the restaurant is dependent upon getting the word out.
DAVID CHANG

The process and organization leading up to cooking the egg can tell you a lot about the cook.
DAVID CHANG

When you meet the farmers and go to the farms, you see that they treat their animals like they'r...
DAVID CHANG

I think the basic thing that home cooks can learn how to do is just season properly... If the home c...
DAVID CHANG

People are trying to figure out what American food is; it's certainly an amalgamation.
DAVID CHANG

I was quite cocky, but having been hailed as this great young golfer, I couldn't even make the h...
DAVID CHANG

I lived across the street from Noodle Bar. I could barely stand it, because you're there all the...
DAVID CHANG

I find that there are a lot of similarities between French and Japanese food. I think they're tw...
DAVID CHANG

Yes, natural is good and healthy, and whole foods are important. However, experimentation is importa...
DAVID CHANG

America is a country of abundance, but our food culture is sad - based on huge portions and fast foo...
DAVID CHANG

It's been going very, very well. We have been able to do things that we haven't done in years.
LESTER CHANG

It gets to a much larger truth. To appreciate it, you don't have to have a vagina with an Arctic tun...
LISA CHANG

The people at Section Eight helped a lot.
LISA CHANG

It's probably the No. 1-used park.
LES CHANG

We're taking back our parks for our families, children and all park users. All of the public should ...
LES CHANG

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

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

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