by Ha-Joon Chang · DEBATE · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788419399601
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«Economía comestible» is the popular economics essay by Ha-Joon Chang, published by Debate in paperback (264 pages, in Spanish).
Economist Ha-Joon Chang explains economic ideas through ingredients and dishes from different cultures, such as chocolate, okra or garlic shrimp. The essay covers issues such as the hidden cost of domestic work and the deceptive language of the free market, and champions the diversity of economic approaches against the dominant orthodoxy.
Translation by Andrés Barba Muñiz of the English original Edible Economics; first edition in June 2023; Debate Economics collection.
For readers who want to approach economics without jargon, with an accessible approach and familiar examples from world cuisine.
Ha-Joon Chang is a South Korean economist and academic. Chang specialises in institutional economics and development, and lectured in economics at the University of Cambridge from 1990–2021 before becoming professor of economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in 2022. Chang is the author of several bestselling books on economics and development policy, most notably Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective (2002). In 2013, Prospect magazine ranked Chang as one of the top 20 World Thinkers.
