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Professor Ha-Joon Chang is impressed by his ardour for meals to mirror on why economics issues – or, as he places it, “a hungry economist explains the world”.
Omnibus of 5 episodes, the place he zooms in on acquainted meals:
* Garlic
* Bananas
* Okra
* Rye
* Chocolate
He makes use of the histories behind every – the place they arrive from, how they’re cooked and consumed and what they imply to totally different cultures – to discover financial theories.
Witty and thought-provoking, Professor Chang units out to problem concepts concerning the free-market financial system which he believes have been too simply accepted for many years.
Read by Arthur Lee.
*** Professor Ha-Joon Chang teaches economics at SOAS University of London, and is among the world’s main economists. His books embrace Economics: The User’s Guide, Bad Samaritans and 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism.
*** Reader Arthur Lee is a British actor of Korean descent who made his worldwide debut on HBO Cinemax’s Strike Back in 2015 and who just lately appeared in Doctor Who. Arthur grew up principally in London, but in addition spent a number of years in South Korea advancing his data of Korean language and tradition.
Abridged and produced by Elizabeth Burke
Executive Producer: Jo Rowntree
A Loftus Media manufacturing for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2022.
Programme Website
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