Economics

Listen: Ha-Joon Chang on inequality, the election and Brazil's dirty business secrets

How do we address the growing gulf between society's haves and have-nots?

February 05, 2015
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Why is the world getting more unequal? How is neoliberalism an invention of Joseph Stalin? in what way can we get a fairer society without rioting in the streets? Award-winning economist Ha-Joon Chang discussed these and other questons at a lecture hosted by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Prospect this month. You can listen to it in full below.



Jump to 40:30 to hear Chang answering questions from Prospect's Editor Bronwen Maddox on the connection between poverty and growth, the UN the forthcoming election and more.

Jump to 56:20 to hear Chang taking questions from the audience on a range of issues from Syriza and the Eurozone to the role of robots in the labour market.

Watch Chang answering questions on the British economy from Prospect's Bronwen Maddox: