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A review by jerzhou
Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang
5.0
4.5 stars
Super insightful. Ha-Joon Chang overturns neoliberal ideology solidly and with a practical bent as well, referring to most Bad Samaritans (of today) as just “doing the easiest thing” instead of necessarily having ill will. The book is so full of historical examples that I often had to slow down to really process the vast amounts of macroeconomic history he was discussing. At times I felt quite left behind by my lack of macroeconomics intuition, but by the end of the book the takeaways were abundantly clear anyways.
Super insightful. Ha-Joon Chang overturns neoliberal ideology solidly and with a practical bent as well, referring to most Bad Samaritans (of today) as just “doing the easiest thing” instead of necessarily having ill will. The book is so full of historical examples that I often had to slow down to really process the vast amounts of macroeconomic history he was discussing. At times I felt quite left behind by my lack of macroeconomics intuition, but by the end of the book the takeaways were abundantly clear anyways.