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Ha-Joon Chang Quotes

It is time that we dispensed with the myth that the market is a force of nature that should not be meddled with. Markets are social creations that can be, and have been, modified for social purposes.

Ha-Joon Chang

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: economist
Nationality: south korean
Birth: October 7, 1963

Topics

Nature Time Force Myth Market Been

When I want to understand a problem, I want to understand it from the ground level.

Matthew Desmond

Problem Want Understand Ground Level

Ultimate authority in a global system remains with sovereigns. Governments will not have it any other way: politicians face instant rejection from their electorate if they allow transnational authorities to dictate terms.

Michael Ignatieff

Face Rejection Authority Will Way

I wouldn't like to be in movies. Movie people are strange. They live a different life than musicians do.

Stevie Nicks

Life Live People Musicians Movies

I never had a dream of becoming anything, someone really high or a politician.

Julia Perez

Someone Dream Never High Anything

Communication is important.

Douglas Booth

Communication Important

Collage is not a kitchen sink; it's not a refuge for the compositionally disabled.

David Shields

Kitchen Sink Collage Disabled Refuge

Fruitcakes have a bad rap.

Christina Tosi

Bad Rap Bad Rap

You can look at that by comparing Medicare's growth rates to the private insurance world, to the other Federal programs that we run, by looking at the billions of dollars, not millions but billions of dollars, we waste every year.

Bobby Jindal

Growth World Looking Insurance Year

We've just learned how to balance ourselves a little better so that we're happier way more of the time than not, and, you know, being happy is a radical and desirable act if you ask me.

Anthony Kiedis

Time Balance Happy Me Better You

People don't realize that when they 'throw out' their back, it's often because of weak abs. These muscles are essential for lower-back strength and good posture.

Sylvester Stallone

Strength Good People Back Weak Out

In youth, the days are short and the years are long. In old age, the years are short and days long.

Pope Paul VI

Age Old Age Youth Short Long Old

I was very into animals and nature, and really obsessed with cats and monkeys. I used to play in the woods, wander off into the woods for hours. I'd bring a clipboard and think that I was doing some work out there, following the trails of raccoons or collecting bird feathers.

Tig Notaro

Work Nature Bird Cats Woods Think