{"product_id":"9781608193387","title":"23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe acclaimed Ha-Joon Chang is a voice of sanity-and wit-in this lighthearted book with a serious purpose: to question the assumptions behind the dogma and sheer hype that the dominant school of neoliberal economists have spun since the Age of Reagan.\u003ci\u003e 23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e uses twenty-three short essays (a few great examples: \u003ci\u003e\"There Is No Such Thing as a Free Market,\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"The Washing Machine Has Changed the World More than the Internet Has\"\u003c\/i\u003e) to equip readers with an understanding of how global capitalism works, and doesn't, while offering a vision of how we can shape capitalism to humane ends, instead of becoming slaves of the market.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for\u003ci\u003e 23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A lively, accessible and provocative book.\"-\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(UK )\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Chang, befitting his position as an economics professor at Cambridge University, is engagingly thoughtful and opinionated at a much lower decibel level. 'The \"truths\" peddled by free-market ideologues are based on lazy assumptions and blinkered visions,' he charges.\"-\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041730576624,"sku":"9781608193387","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781608193387_p0.jpg?v=1763838603","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781608193387","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}