Edible Economics is a moveable feast of alternative economic ideas wrapped up in witty stories about food from around the world. ‘A brilliant riposte to the myth that policymakers can survive on plain neoliberal fare. Praise for Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World Through a series of culinary anecdotes Chang showed us that just as a rich and varied diet nourishes the body, moving beyond the narrow confines of neoclassical economics can help to build a better and fairer world. In 1958 planning began for an eastern Disneyland to complement the park in Los Angeles Walt Disney World, in Orlando, Florida. In February 2023 Chang came to Intelligence Squared to talk about the themes of his new book Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World. THE WORLD’S biggest amusement park was not built in a day. He decided that someone needed to expand that menu – and took on the project himself. Neoclassical liberalism was, and still is, the only item he found on Britain’s menu of economic models. But it was not just the food – which has much improved since then – that caused him to despair: it was mainstream economic thinking too. When world-renowned economist Ha-Joon Chang first arrived in Britain in the 1980s he recoiled in horror at how dull and dreary British food was.
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