Three decades of market liberalisation have not delivered sustained growth or greater social mobility
The economist assembles a centuries-spanning cast of creative problem solvers to put the world to rights
‘In the same way we would go easy on warming spices in warmer seasons, limited liability should be tempered’
‘We don’t see many “made in Switzerland” products because it specialises in good that ordinary consumers do not see’
Trade and investment have been just as important as exporting resources
‘Symbolically, Coca-Cola came back to India in 1993, soon after the country’s economic liberalisation’
‘An economically backward country should protect its young industries until they catch up with competitors’
‘Treating people with different needs in the same way — giving vegetarians chicken — is fundamentally unfair’
The economist on what the humble carrot can teach us about knowledge and sharing expertise
An impressive but off-kilter set of break-up songs, outlandish costumery and not much crowd-pleasing
Ha-Joon Chang’s guide to the principles of economics is also a manifesto
The horizon is brightened by the return of the Pelican imprint, writes Lorien Kite
Over fish curry in Cambridge, the Korean economist and bestselling author says the time is right to embrace moral dilemmas as well as mathematical models
