Ha-Joon Chang Quotes:
Ocupation: Economist
Life: b. October 7, 1963
Birthday: October 7
Rich countries have 'kicked away the ladder' by forcing free-market, free-trade policies on poor countries. Already established countries do not want more competitors emerging through the nationalistic policies they themselves successfully used in the past.
source: Ha-Joon Chang (2008). “Bad Samaritans: The Guilty Secrets of Rich Nations and the Threat to Global Prosperity”, p.61, Random House
topic: Country, Past, Ladders, Poor Countries, Free Trade, Nationalistic
