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An edition of 23 things they don't tell you about capitalism (2010)

23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism

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Challenges popular misconceptions while making startling revelations about free-market practices, explaining the author's views on global capitalism dynamics while making recommendations for reshaping capitalism to humane ends.

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Penguin Books, Limited
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English
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286

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Economic policy Free trade Capitalism Frihandel Kapitalism Hb501 .c51715 2010 330.122

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2011, Bloomsbury Press
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2011, Penguin Books, Limited
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Kŭdŭl i mal haji annŭn 23-kaji: Chang Ha-jun, tŏ naŭn chabonjuŭi rŭl mal hada
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Page x
Introduction
Page xiii
Thing 1. There is no such thing as a free market
Page 1
Thing 2. Companies should not be run in the interest of their owners
Page 11
Thing 3. Most people in rich countries are paid more than they should be
Page 23
Thing 4. The washing machine has changed the world more than the internet has
Page 31
Thing 5. Assume the worst about people and you get the worst
Page 41
Thing 6. Greater macroeconomic stability has not made the world economy more stable
Page 51
Thing 7. Free-market policies rarely make poor countries rich
Page 62
Thing 8. Capital has a nationality
Page 74
Thing 9. We do not live in a post-industrial age
Page 88
Thing 10. The US does not have the highest living standard in the world
Page 102
Thing 11. Africa is not destined for underdevelopment
Page 112
Thing 12. Governments can pick winners
Page 125
Thing 13. Making rich people richer doesn't make the rest of us richer
Page 137
Thing 14. US managers are over-priced
Page 148
Thing 15. People in poor countries are more entrepreneurial than people in rich countries
Page 157
Thing 16. We are not smart enough to leave things to the market
Page 168
Thing 17. More education in itself is not going to make a country richer
Page 178
Thing 18. What is good for General Motors is not necessarily good for the United States
Page 190
Thing 19. Despite the fall of communism, we are still living in planned economies
Page 199
Thing 20. Equality of opportunity may not be fair
Page 210
Thing 21. Big government makes people more open to change
Page 221
Thing 22. Financial markets need to become less, not more, efficient
Page 231
Thing 23. Good economic policy does not require good economists
Page 242
Conclusion: How to rebuild the world economy
Page 252
Notes
Page 265
Index
Page 277

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Number of pages
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