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The Internet and the Washing Machine - Which Matters Most?

Geoff Riley

29th August 2010

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Cambridge development economist Ha-Joon Chang author of “23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism” is featured in the Independent on Sunday

Free market has turned us into ‘Matrix’ drones The article focuses on one of his frequent claims - that the internet has had less of a transformative effect on society than the invention of the washing machine.

His Guardian articles can be found here. See also The net isn’t as important as we think (Observer)

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

@tutor2uGeoff

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