What's really great about Chang is that he is "holographic" ... that is, when you listen to any bit of his speaking, you get that the important think is how you think ... he stresses how to think, not what to think.
“In the United States the typical CEO gets paid up to 20 times more than what their counterparts are paid in other rich countries. More than twice that of CEO’s in Germany, nearly 20 times that of Japanese CEO’s. But their companies are losing out to those other companies, so if someone tells me that American CEO’s are so productive that they need to get paid 10 times more than other European CEO’s then I laugh.” Ha-Joon Change at 48:30
Ha-Joon Chang is very good writer and economist. In terms of theory versus practicality, the argument is always stacked towards practicality, because the practicality always represents those with money, power and guns ... and who kick away the ladder to rip off everyone else. Time for a real debate without prior claims to break the debate.
David Snyder Thanks David ... I wonder if you know if, like the last two of Chang's books, whether the new one will be available in audio format. For Chang's audience, the non-economist, very few will sit down to read an economics book unless they have time to do something else too, driving, flying, etc; and audiobooks are a great way to take in Chang's books. I really enjoyed "Bad Samaritans" and "23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism", though I'd be hard pressed to remember those 23 things. I'm hoping for the audio version in other words.
I haven't heard of it yet, but they're usually do get released later. I'd love that, too. I know what you mean about remembering things. 23 is a lot of things! Give me 3 at a time, maybe :) Sometimes, for things I really want to remember, I make a list for my wife and she quizzes me on three different days. By the third quiz, I remember things well enough to bring them up in conversation for quite a while. Obviously that takes time, too, so we don't do it with many things.
I really hope this book will be in audiobook format ... the last 2 - Bad Samaritans and 23 Things About Capitalism were really fantastic!
a very important prominent historian of economics. professor chang is very good.
What's really great about Chang is that he is "holographic" ... that is, when you listen to any bit of his speaking, you get that the important think is how you think ... he stresses how to think, not what to think.
This guy ought to be the UN leader.
“In the United States the typical CEO gets paid up to 20 times more than what their counterparts are paid in other rich countries. More than twice that of CEO’s in Germany, nearly 20 times that of Japanese CEO’s. But their companies are losing out to those other companies, so if someone tells me that American CEO’s are so productive that they need to get paid 10 times more than other European CEO’s then I laugh.” Ha-Joon Change at 48:30
Ha-Joon Chang is very good writer and economist.
In terms of theory versus practicality, the argument is always stacked towards practicality, because the practicality always represents those with money, power and guns ... and who kick away the ladder to rip off everyone else. Time for a real debate without prior claims to break the debate.
Sounds like a good book, but I still have Debunking Economics by Steve Keen at home that I have not around to reading yet.
Was that Billy Bragg in the audience at 53 minutes?
I saw this book listed for pre-order on Amazon ... but now I do not see it anymore? What happened?
The hardcover is still on preorder (it's not due out until August), but the paperback is available now.
David Snyder
Thanks David ... I wonder if you know if, like the last two of Chang's books, whether the new one will be available in audio format. For Chang's audience, the non-economist, very few will sit down to read an economics book unless they have time to do something else too, driving, flying, etc; and audiobooks are a great way to take in Chang's books. I really enjoyed "Bad Samaritans" and "23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism", though I'd be hard pressed to remember those 23 things. I'm hoping for the audio version in other words.
I haven't heard of it yet, but they're usually do get released later. I'd love that, too. I know what you mean about remembering things. 23 is a lot of things! Give me 3 at a time, maybe :) Sometimes, for things I really want to remember, I make a list for my wife and she quizzes me on three different days. By the third quiz, I remember things well enough to bring them up in conversation for quite a while. Obviously that takes time, too, so we don't do it with many things.
So Economics has managed to ignore Post-Structuralism completely?
Real-arse economists don't sit around analyzing schools of economic thought into which most people do not neatly fit.