http://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/10/20/a-week-is-a-long-time-in-korean-economics/ English language resources for Londoners (and others) interested in Korean culture Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:56:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://londonkoreanlinks.net/2008/10/20/a-week-is-a-long-time-in-korean-economics/comment-page-1/#comment-379911 Philip Gowman Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:42:05 +0000 http://londonkoreanlinks.net/?p=6220#comment-379911 I must say I was totally dumfounded by the blacklisting of Chang’s book. Hardly un-Korean: the message of the book is what Korea’s experience can teach the rest of the world about the alleged virtues of free-market capitalism. Maybe when you’re trying to push through an FTA with one of your major trade partners you shouldn’t be officially endorsing the partial protectionism which Chang advocates. But last time I looked, it wasn’t the military who were trying to get the agreement through the political process! I must say I was totally dumfounded by the blacklisting of Chang’s book. Hardly un-Korean: the message of the book is what Korea’s experience can teach the rest of the world about the alleged virtues of free-market capitalism. Maybe when you’re trying to push through an FTA with one of your major trade partners you shouldn’t be officially endorsing the partial protectionism which Chang advocates. But last time I looked, it wasn’t the military who were trying to get the agreement through the political process!

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