Ha-Joon Chang
Development economist and academic
Ha-Joon Chang is a South Korean economist who specializes in institutional and development economics. He is the author of 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism.
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Born 1963 in Seoul, South Korea
About Ha-Joon Chang
Ha-Joon Chang was born in Seoul in 1963. He lectured in economics at the University of Cambridge from 1990 to 2021, and in 2022 he became a professor of economics at SOAS (the School of Oriental and African Studies). Several of his books on economics and development policy have been bestsellers, and Kicking Away the Ladder (2002) is the best known. He also wrote Bad Samaritans. Two of his books in our catalog are 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism and Economics: The User’s Guide. Chang has advised the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the European Investment Bank, Oxfam and various United Nations agencies. Prospect magazine included him in its 2013 list of the top 20 World Thinkers.