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Bad Samaritans
Book • 1998
In 'Bad Samaritans', Ha-Joon Chang challenges the conventional wisdom of free trade, arguing that it is not a universally beneficial policy.
He contends that developed countries have historically used protectionism to advance their economies and now impose free trade on developing nations, hindering their growth.
The book offers a historical perspective on how countries like the U.S.
and Britain became rich through protectionist policies, and how these same policies are now denied to poorer nations.
He contends that developed countries have historically used protectionism to advance their economies and now impose free trade on developing nations, hindering their growth.
The book offers a historical perspective on how countries like the U.S.
and Britain became rich through protectionist policies, and how these same policies are now denied to poorer nations.
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to explain how wealthy countries used industrial policy to develop and then advocated for free trade.


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