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95 percent of economics is common sense made complicated, and even for the remaining 5 percent, the essential reasoning, if not all the technical details, can be explained in plain terms.
Ha-Joon Chang
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Ha-Joon Chang
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: October 7
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Seoul Teukbyeolsi
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