RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK Economic thinking about globalisation, climate change, immigration, austerity, automation and much more in its most digestible formFor decades, a single free market philosophy has dominated global economics. But this is bland and unhealthy like British food in the 1980s, when bestselling author and economist HaJoon Chang first arrived in the UK from South Korea. Just as eating a wide range of cuisines contributes to a more interesting and balanced diet, so too is it essential we listen to a variety of economic perspectives.In Edible Economics, Chang makes challenging economic ideas more palatable by plating them alongside stories about food from around the world. He uses histories behind familiar food items where they come from, how they are cooked and consumed, what they mean to different cultures to explore economic theory. For Chang, chocolate is a lifelong addiction, but more exciting are the insights it offers into postindustrial knowledge economies and while okra makes Southern gumbo heartmeltingly smooth, it also speaks of capitalisms entangled relationship with freedom and unfreedom. Explaining everything from the hidden cost of care work to the misleading language of the free market as he cooks dishes like anchovy and egg toast, Gambas al Ajillo and Korean dotori mook, HaJoon Chang serves up an easytodigest feast of bold ideas.Mythbusting, witty and thoughtprovoking, Edible Economics shows that getting to grips with the economy is...

Binding: Paperback;100 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: HBTB; Weight: 290 g; Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 17

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