Why the World Isn't Flat: The Truth About Globalization and the Secret History of Capitalism  

You are cordially invited to:

 Why the World Isn't Flat: The Truth About Globalization and the Secret History of Capitalism

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with featured speaker,

Ha-Joon  Chang, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, and Senior Research Associate, CEPR
Author: Bad Samaritans

Moderator: Michael Lind, Whitehead Senior Fellow,  New America Foundation

Friday, February 1, 2008
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

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New America Foundation
1630 Connecticut Ave, NW, 7th Floor
Washington, DC

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Join the New America Foundation and the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) for a provocative and stimulating discussion of the facts and fallacies of globalization with CEPR Senior Research Associate, Ha-Joon Chang. According to the conventional wisdom popularized by Thomas Friedman, countries can grow rich only by means of unfettered capitalism and pure free trade. In his controversial book, Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism, Ha-Joon Chang takes aim at this orthodoxy. Combining irreverent wit with scholarly rigor, Chang shows that nations like the U.S. that achieved their present wealth by means of economic nationalism now preach an entirely different set of policies to the developing world, via the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and World Trade Organization. Chang calls on us not only to re-evaluate the policies we promote to countries seeking to grow rich, but also to become reacquainted with our own forgotten economic history. 

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The event is free and open to the public. 

To RSVP, for this event, please email: communications@newamerica.net with name, affiliation, and contact information. If you have questions, call or email Liz Wu at (202) 986-2700 x315 or wu@newamerica.net.

The Center for Economic and Policy Research is an independent, nonpartisan think tank that was established to promote democratic debate on the most important economic and social issues that affect people's lives. CEPR's Advisory Board of Economists includes Nobel Laureate economists Robert Solow and Joseph Stiglitz; Richard Freeman, Professor of Economics at Harvard University; and Eileen Appelbaum, Professor and Director of the Center for Women and Work at Rutgers University.