Name: Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World
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Author: Ha-Joon Chang
ISBN: 9781541700543

portada Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World

Type

Physical Book

Author

Ha-Joon Chang

Publisher

PublicAffairs

Language

English

Pages

224

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

25.4 x 16.3 x 2.0 cm

Weight

0.36 kg.

ISBN13

9781541700543

Edition No.

2023

Synopsis "Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World"

Edible Economics brings the sort of creative fusion that spices up a great kitchen to the often too-disciplined subject of economics For decades, a single, free-market philosophy has dominated global economics. But this intellectual monoculture is bland and unhealthy. Bestselling author and economist Ha-Joon Chang makes challenging economic ideas delicious by plating them alongside stories about food from around the world, using the diverse histories behind familiar food items to explore economic theory. For Chang, chocolate is a lifelong addiction, but more exciting are the insights it offers into postindustrial knowledge economies; and while okra makes Southern gumbo heart-meltingly smooth, it also speaks of capitalism's entangled relationship with freedom. Myth-busting, witty, and thought-provoking, Edible Economics serves up a feast of bold ideas about globalization, climate change, immigration, austerity, automation, and why carrots need not be orange. It shows that getting to grips with the economy is like learning a recipe: when we understand it, we can adapt and improve it--and better understand our world.

Ha-Joon Chang

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Nacido en Corea del Sur, Ha-Joon Chang es especialista en economía del desarrollo y profesor en la Universidad de Cambridge. En 2005, Chang obtuvo el premio Wassily Leontief por avanzar las fronteras del Pensamiento Económico. Entre otros libros es autor de Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective (2002), que ganó en 2003 el premio Gunnar Myrdal, y de 23 cosas que no te cuentan sobre el capitalismo (Debate, 2011).

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