23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism

　　作者為當代最破除舊習的思想家之一。本書催毀了我們這個世界最大的迷思。

　　自由市場資本主義或許有瑕疵，但並沒有實質的替代選項──到頭來，還是讓我們全體都比較富足。西方比起開發中國家更有效率、金融發展更為精密。而且科技是推動每個人進步的動力。對不對？錯。

　　本書將徹底顛覆各位讀者以往所接受的經濟概念。讓幕後事實無所遁形，展現這個體系真實的運作方式。

　　本書引經據典，內容闡述金錢、平等、自由和貪婪等引人入勝的議題，印證目前「自由」市場不但對人們不利，對於經濟運作的方式也不具效率。作者提出各種事項，並展現確實有更好的方法。

　　The acclaimed Ha-Joon Chang is a voice of sanity-and wit-in this lighthearted book with a serious purpose: to question the assumptions behind the dogma and sheer hype that the dominant school of neoliberal economists have spun since the Age of Reagan. 23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism uses twenty-three short essays (a few great examples: "There Is No Such Thing as a Free Market," "The Washing Machine Has Changed the World More than the Internet Has") to equip readers with an understanding of how global capitalism works, and doesn't, while offering a vision of how we can shape capitalism to humane ends, instead of becoming slaves of the market.

　　★本書中譯版《資本主義沒告訴你的23件事》由博雅書屋出版。

作者簡介

張夏準（Ha Joon Chang）

　　被譽為「最近十五年經濟學界最令人興奮的思想家」。他是發展經濟學的專家，並在劍橋大學研究發展政治經濟。二○○五年，獲得華西里．列昂惕夫獎（Wassily Leontief Prize）的經濟學獎。著有《富國陷阱》（Kicking Away the Ladder – Development Strategy in Historical Perspective）（二○○二年）（贏得二○○三年的綱納‧繆達爾獎（Gunnar Myrdal Prize））以及《富國的糖衣》（Bad Samaritans: Rich Nations, Poor Policies and the Threat to the Developing World）（二○○七年）。

　　Ha-Joon Chang teaches in the Faculty of Economics at Cambridge University. His books include the international bestseller Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism and Kicking Away the Ladder, winner of the 2003 Myrdal Prize. In 2005, Chang was awarded the Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought.