Public Talk on "Lazy Japanese and Thieving Germans...." by Left-Wing Economist Ha-Joon Chang

dublin | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice Monday April 30, 2007 00:37 by MDGLectures - TCD

Ha Joon Chang is an economist following the historical school of thought from Cambridge University. He is most widely known for his book "Kicking Away the Ladder" in which he describes the attempts of the global north to prevent the global south reaching a similar state of development by preaching open market policies.
His talk is entitled "Lazy Japanese and Thieving Germans : Does culture matter for economic development"

The MDG Lecture Series aims to rasie awareness of development issues within the Irish public at large. All talks are on a Thursday evening at 6.30pm in the Arts Block of Trinity College, Room 2041B and all are welcome to attend.