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Why Are Some Countries Rich and Others Poor? (Ha-Joon Chang)

Geoff Riley

9th January 2020

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In this lecture in INET’s “Economics For People” series, Ha-Joon Chang looks at international inequality.

Our own collection of development economics study resources can be found here.

Why Are Some Countries Rich and Others Poor? (Ha-Joon Chang)
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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.

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