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| Title | : | ٢٣ حقيقة يخفونها عنك بخصوص الرأسمالية |
| Author | : | Ha-Joon Chang |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 270 pages |
| Published | : | May 2014 by بلومزبري-مؤسسة قطر (first published March 10th 2010) |
| Categories | : | Economics. Nonfiction. Politics. Business |
Ha-Joon Chang
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"هذا كتاب مهم لكاتب موهوب وشجاع.أهمية الكتاب تتجاوز ما يدل عليه عنوانه. فالعنوان يوحي بأن الكتاب يحتوي على نقد للنظام الرأسمالي، ويكشف عن خطأ الكثير من الأفكار الشائعة التي تُقدَّم لتبرير هذا النظام. نعم، نجد هذا في الكتاب، ولكننا نجد أيضًا أشياء أخرى كثيرة لا تقل أهمية، وربما كانت أكثر جدَّة وأكثر تحديًا للأفكار السائدة.
الكتاب مثلًا يثير شكوكًا وجيهة للغاية في الدور الذي يلعبه التعليم في تحقيق التقدم الاقتصادي (وبدا أنه يشكك في أهميته لأهداف أخرى)، بل ويشكك في أهمية الاقتصاديين أنفسهم لتحقيق هذا التقدم، وفي الزعم بأن الناس في البلدان الفقيرة أقل استعدادًا للمخاطرة وتجريب الجديد، والزعم بأن هذا هو سبب فقرهم، إلخ.
وفي نقده للأفكار الشائعة المدافعة عن الرأسمالية، لا يكتفي المؤلف بالتدليل على الدور المهم الذي لعبه تدخل الدولة في تحقيق التقدم الاقتصادي السريع في عديد من الدول، بل ويشكك في بعض المسلَّمات الشائعة، مثل أن الفرد يعرف دائمًا ما يحقق مصلحته، أو أنه دائمًا أكثر ذكاءً من الدولة في اختيار أفضل الطرق للتقدم، أو أن نظام التخطيط قد ظهر ضرره ومن ثَمَّ تم هجره، إلخ.
إلى جانب الموهبة التي أهلت الكاتب للشك في صحة مثل هذه المسلَّمات، فإنه وجد أيضًا الشجاعة لمصارحتنا بشكوكه، كما أنه نقل ذلك بسلاسة ووضوح وظرف نادرًا أن تتوفر كلها لكاتب واحد. ومن حُسن حظنا أن قام بترجمته إلى العربية مترجم على هذا القدر العالي من الكفاءة والذكاء.
كتاب أنصح بشدة بقراءته، من المتخصصين وغير المتخصصين في علم الاقتصاد، وأعتقد أن نفعه سيتجاوز بكثير أثره المباشر في رصد بعض الأخطاء الشائعة المتعلقة بمزايا حرية السوق."
د. جلال أمين
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| Original Title: | 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism |
| Edition Language: | Arabic |
| Literary Awards: | Best Book of Ideas Prize Nominee (2011) |
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If theres one thing an average 20 year-old steeped in Western culture has heard about, its capitalism. It seems to be casually referenced in a lot of films, and television shows, and intellectual conversations in college dorms over your third ramen dinner of the week. Any self-respecting adult knows a thing or two about economics, and Ha-Joon Chang definitely capitalizes (pun intended) on that concept. So, for the people out there who want a cursory glance at the development of capitalism in 300In this critically-acclaimed book, economic iconoclast Ha-Joon Chang makes a mockery of the beliefs of modern-day capitalists.Here, in a nutshell, are the 23 points made by the author, who has won the Wassily Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought.1. There is no such thing as a free market.There are always some rules, and they are set by politics, not the market. Wages are set by government through immigration. Child labour and pollution laws were once contested by
This is a book that systematically takes apart neoliberal economic assumptions the things here are all nicely summed up in an opening paragraph per chapter where they are stated in the standard, unforgiving terms of neoliberal ideology. This is a book that really does deserve to be read. This guy is so clear he is a joy to read. Not only that, he also opens up the possibility of understanding what is far too often presented as only available to the expert and in impenetrable jargon. You
This is a really accessible book on economics and capitalism. It may not sound like the most fun book to read but Chang actually writes this for the "common person" to use somewhat problematic phrase. He uses many references to pop culture and film in order to get his points across as easily as he can. This also contains a good history of economics and mentions many famous economists (Adam Smith, Milton Friedman, John Maynard Keynes, and the such) which is interesting if you are new to
Ha-Joon Chang is one of the few economists who you can actually trust to tell the truth as he sees it based on objective evidence. Shiller and Stiglitz are also rare exceptions among economists as both are in this same category.This book is a great antidote to the free market propaganda that passes for economic analysis these days. A good example is the section on the birth of the South Korean steel industry. Despite the predictions of every free-market economist worth his Heritage Foundation
"23 Things They Don't Tell you About Capitalism" is basically a 'pop' version of Ha-Joon Chang's previous work, Bad Samaritans. This book seems to be intended to be very easy to read -which is good to some extent- but unfortunately it has made the discussion a bit too oversimplified. Ha-Joon Chang starts every chapter with a brief explanation on 'myths' he claimed put forward by the capitalists and free market advocates. I, however, found that some of the 'myths' he mentions in the book are not
The book is full of information, and it's written very clearly. That's a plus, because you can use your spare mental capacity to process this information properly while the author is busy making a terrible hash of it.I'll be upfront here and admit I come from very similar leanings as the author. But that's precisely why I'm angry with the book. How can somebody so educated and so concerned about the issues allocate the time to write a book and come up so short?One extremely annoying thing about
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