Manufacturing
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- Ha-Joon Chang
HA-JOON CHANG
Faculty of Economics, University of CambridgeHa-Joon Chang teaches at the Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge. In addition to numerous articles in journals and edited volumes, he has written 13 books and edited 10. His books include "The Political Economy of Industrial Policy", "Kicking Away the Ladder", "Bad Samaritans" and "23 Things That They Don't Tell You About Capitalism". By the end of 2011, his writings will have been translated into 24 languages. He has worked as a consultant for numerous international organisations, national governments, private-sector firms and NGOs. He is the winner of the 2003 Gunnar Myrdal Prize and the 2005 Wassily Leontief Prize.
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- Jagdish Bhagwati JAGDISH BHAGWATI
Professor of Economics and Law, Columbia UniversityJagdish Bhagwati is Professor of Economics and Law at Columbia University, Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations and co-chair of the High-Level Experts Group on Trade appointed by the governments of Britain, Germany, Indonesia and Turkey. He has made seminal contributions to the post-war theory of commercial policy, strengthening the case for free trade, with several books, including "In Defense of Globalization", and articles on current policy issues. He has been an adviser to the UN on globalisation and a member of the Advisory Committee to the UN Secretary General on the NEPAD process in Africa. He was a member of expert groups on the future of the WTO and of UNCTAD, and is widely regarded as the intellectual father of the post-1991 reforms that have transformed India. He has also worked with Human Rights Watch and other NGOs such as SA8000, a pioneering social labelling agency.
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Background reading
Economics focus: The service elevator
Latin America's unproductive economies: Service break
A survey of manufacturing: Post-industrial manufacturing
Manufacturing in Asia: The problem with Made in China
A survey of the near future: The manufacturing paradox
Economics focus: Cash machines
A survey of technology in India and China: Leapfrogging or piggybacking?
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