- Published: 1 July 2008
- ISBN: 9781905211371
- Imprint: Random House Business
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $29.99
Bad Samaritans
The Guilty Secrets of Rich Nations and the Threat to Global Prosperity

















- Published: 1 July 2008
- ISBN: 9781905211371
- Imprint: Random House Business
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $29.99
A smart, lively and provocative book that offers us compelling new ways to look at globalization
Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel laureate in Economics, 2001
Every orthodoxy needs effective critics. Ha-Joon Chang is probably the world's most effective critic of globalization. He does not deny the benefits to developing countries of integration into the world economy. But he draws on the lessons of history to argue that they must be allowed to integrate on their own terms
Martin Wolf, Financial Times, author of 'Why Globalization Works'
This is a marvellous book. Well researched, panoramic in its scope and beautifully written, Bad Samaritans, is the perfect riposte to devotees of a one-size-fits-all model of growth and globalization. I strongly urge you to read it
Larry Elliott, Economics Editor, Guardian
In this more polemical tract, [Chang] adds the spark of personal reflection ... and some mischievous rhetorical set-pieces.
The Economist
This is an excellent book...deploys the logical discipline of economics and its engagement with quantitative evidence, but does so in jargon-free prose that sparkles with anecdotes and practical observations.
International Affairs
... probably the world's most effective critic of globalization
Martin Wolf
'Lucid, deeply informed and enlivened with striking illustrations, this penetrating study could be entitled "economics in the real world"
Noam Chomsky