The works of Ha-Joon Chang

This summary of Ha-Joon Chang's works was published in real-world economics review, issue no. 109
https://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue109/Jahangir109.pdf

Advanced countries "kick away the the ladder” to prevent others from catching up with them. This means that countries like Britain and the U.S. industrialized through protectionism but then preached developing countries to practice free trade. Finally, he argues that institutions deemed necessary for economic development were the outcome and not the cause of economic development...

In chapter 1 of Bad Samaritans, he describes the neoliberal approach as based on privatization of SOEs (state-owned enterprises), macroeconomic stability with low inflation and budget balance, trade liberalization, deregulation of capital markets and small government. He critiques neoliberal policies, which have decreased growth and increased inequality and stability. Instead, he explains the economic success of the East Asian economies including Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore through government intervention and protectionism.