A review by slichto3
Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang

4.0

Very interesting. Sort of contrary to what I learned in college. It seems clear that, in the long run, free trade is best. But in order to develop economies in poorer and less developed countries, protectionism is necessary. It's just not fair to impose free trade on these countries, particularly because (as the book points out) the dominant economies of today gained power through protectionism.