Curried clam broth leads into consideration of the spice trade, and then to the Dutch East India Company, and then to limited liability companies in general, and to suggestions about how the reform of corporate governance might make it possible to sustain long-term investments in green technology. Permite viajar en el tiempo, por lugares diversos, conociendo detalles sabrosos de los alimentos y de ricas tradiciones culinarias, enlazando todo aquello con reflexiones convincentes sobre problemáticas económicas que repercuten en la vida cotidiana de todos los habitantes de este planeta. I've been in a bit of a rut with my reading and this non-fiction book caught my attention (extra kudos regarding the cover design) . Government services: the IRS has ancient technology as do air traffic controllers - all thanks to our government leaders. I enjoyed every one of Chang's food segments that usually included a brief history of what a particular culture eats and some interesting thoughts on recipes and differences between the cultures.

Chang does say upfront that this is what he’s going to do – that this isn’t a book about the economics of food per se, but a restatement of his core arguments, with culinary anecdotes functioning as treats to keep the reader interested. The only book I've ever read that made me laugh, salivate and re-evaluate my thoughts about economics - all at the same time. The author does address the strange connections he makes in the afterword, though perhaps I would have liked to have known what to expect a little more in the beginning. In a rather unconventional manner, Edible Economics reviews a swath of economic theories and practices through the lens of foods — not through a given country or economy’s food culture or food economics, but simply through the lens of foods that relate to the economic thread. That said, an interesting and creative approach to get more people interested and understand how economics work at a global scale.It's rather a compilation of personal anecdotes, food history tidbits, and a critique of economic theories to explain the world we live in. He explains economic principles via his favourite food and dishes but relate it to economic issues i. Each chapter picks up a food item, talks about a certain aspect of how it evolved over time and concludes with what economic lesson we learn from it. Racism and discrimination have choked economic opportunity for African Americans at nearly every turn.

Książka stosunkowo krótka z 200 stron czyta się bardzo szybko można będąc zdeterminowanym skończyć w jeden wieczór.Being a history reader, I knew about events like those told in the Anchovy chapter, the Banana chapter, etc. Chang’s preferred growth model, once unorthodox, is close to being an “anti-Washington” consensus these days, and like all such consensuses, has weaknesses. The blend of food and economics was sometimes good and sometimes non-existant and really just an interesting type of food and.

I'm not much of a recipe enthusiast, but sometimes I wanted to know the preparation part of the recipe mentioned. Some weren't as insightful — most probably because I was already aware of those theories and phenomena. Fortunately, Ha-Joon Chang’s final recommendation to the reader is to understand that every perspective is just that: a perspective.As a longtime follower of Ha-Joon's ideas and work, I was familiar with most of the points he discussed in this book, from the importance of strategic industrial policy to the power politics of international trade. Chang dismisses alternative economic models – those based on commodity exports, or on services – rather quickly. A brilliant economics public science, there are many of these out there but the use of the dishes as a segue into each chapter is a wonderful idea that was well-executed here.