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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Random House Business Books (5 Jul 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 190521135X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1905211357
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.8 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in Economics, 2001
'A smart, lively and provocative book that offers us compelling
new ways to look at globalization'

Martin Wolf, Financial Times, author of 'Why Globalization Works'
'Every orthodoxy needs effective critics. Ha-Joon Chang is
probably the world's most effective critic of globalization'

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Another excellent economics book by Chang, 7 Jul 2008
This review is from: Bad Samaritans: The Guilty Secrets of Rich Nations and the Threat to Global Prosperity (Paperback)
Bad Samaritans is a more personal and more polemical book than Ha-Joon Chang's earlier Kicking Away the Ladder, but it is still very restrained compared to most "anti-globalisation" books, and far more effective. Chang is not properly opposed to trade and markets as such, but merely argues that the current economic policies supported by the IMF and wealthy countries are hindering development and creating poverty. He bases this view not only on his very rigorous research into comparative development over his years as an economics professor, but also on his direct experience of his native South Korea's development.

Chang's brilliant riposte to Thomas L. Friedman, in the chapter "The Lexus and the Olive Tree Revisited" is worth more than the very modest cost of the book on its own. While the economics is spot-on, and very well informed, the style is easy to read, and just right for the general reader.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Read this book., 29 Nov 2007
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There are so many books on poverty out there, they all seem to blur into one....Not Bad Samaritans. This book stands out as far and away the best I've ever read (and I've done post-graduate study in International Development so I've read a lot!). If you are looking for a factually balanced, well written book which is accessible to everyone, pick this!

Dr. Chang is a Professor from Cambridge University, UK and it shows. His views are a product of years of detailed reserach - everything he says is backed up with accurate and balanced data.

I recommend this book to everyone!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, 18 Aug 2008
Bad Samaritans is a more personal and more polemical book than Ha-Joon Chang's earlier Kicking Away the Ladder, but it is still very restrained compared to most "anti-globalisation" books, and far more effective. Chang is not properly opposed to trade and markets as such, but merely argues that the current economic policies supported by the IMF and wealthy countries are hindering development and creating poverty. He bases this view not only on his very rigorous research into comparative development over his years as an economics professor, but also on his direct experience of his native South Korea's development.

Chang's brilliant riposte to Thomas L. Friedman, in the chapter "The Lexus and the Olive Tree Revisited" is worth more than the very modest cost of the book on its own. While the economics is spot-on, and very well informed, the style is easy to read, and just right for the general reader.
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