When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while ago. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes ago asses downplay
A lot of things that we cannot buy and sell in markets used to be totally legal objects of market exchange - human beings when we had slavery, child labour, human organs, and so on. So there is no economic theory that actually says that you shouldn't have slavery or child labour because all these are political, ethical judgments. Ha-Joon Chang beingbuychild share on social
When I was growing up in South Korea in the '70s and early '80s, the country was too poor to buy original records. Everything was bootlegged. Ha-Joon Chang 70s80sbootleg Change image and share on social
It is impossible to objectively define how free a market is. This is a political definition. Government is always involved, and those free marketers are as politically motivated as anyone. Ha-Joon Chang definedefinitionfree Change image and share on social
Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process. Bruce Babbitt agoamericancongratulate Change image and share on social
It was truly a lesson in don't take something at face value. You know, so many of us do in life. Whether it's because of how somebody looks or because of what they're wearing or what have you, you kind of assess a person in the first five minutes before they even speak. Shemar Moore assesfacekind share on social
It's not my plan or whatever in my life to be a sex symbol. It never is. You are who you are, but you can't help what you look like. And when you do a film, like for me, it's just not about that. I would prefer to downplay it. I prefer to downplay the sex appeal. Jessica Biel appealdownplayfilm share on social