Ha-Joon Chang
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Ha-Joon Chang is a South Korean institutional economist and author known for his critical views on free-market orthodoxy and influential works on development economics and industrial policy.
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| Ha-Joon Chang canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ha-Joon Chang Context triple: [Leontief Prize, notableLaureate, Ha-Joon Chang]
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A.
Dani Rodrik
Dani Rodrik is a prominent Turkish economist known for his influential work on globalization, economic development, and the political economy of policy reform.
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B.
Jagdish Bhagwati
Jagdish Bhagwati is a prominent Indian-American economist renowned for his influential work on international trade theory and economic globalization.
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C.
Daron Acemoglu
Daron Acemoglu is a prominent Turkish-American economist known for his influential work on political economy, institutions, and economic development, and as co-author of the book "Why Nations Fail."
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D.
Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize–winning American economist renowned for his work on information asymmetry, inequality, and critiques of unregulated markets.
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E.
Partha Dasgupta
Partha Dasgupta is a prominent Indian-British economist renowned for his pioneering work in environmental and ecological economics, particularly on the economics of biodiversity and sustainable development.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ha-Joon Chang Target entity description: Ha-Joon Chang is a South Korean institutional economist and author known for his critical views on free-market orthodoxy and influential works on development economics and industrial policy.
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A.
Dani Rodrik
Dani Rodrik is a prominent Turkish economist known for his influential work on globalization, economic development, and the political economy of policy reform.
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B.
Jagdish Bhagwati
Jagdish Bhagwati is a prominent Indian-American economist renowned for his influential work on international trade theory and economic globalization.
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C.
Daron Acemoglu
Daron Acemoglu is a prominent Turkish-American economist known for his influential work on political economy, institutions, and economic development, and as co-author of the book "Why Nations Fail."
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D.
Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize–winning American economist renowned for his work on information asymmetry, inequality, and critiques of unregulated markets.
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E.
Partha Dasgupta
Partha Dasgupta is a prominent Indian-British economist renowned for his pioneering work in environmental and ecological economics, particularly on the economics of biodiversity and sustainable development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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author ⓘ economist ⓘ institutional economist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| advocates |
active industrial policy
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protection of infant industries ⓘ state intervention in economic development ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Leontief Prize
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surface form:
Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought
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| citizenship | South Korea ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | South Korea ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1963 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Seoul National University
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Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| employer |
Cambridge University
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surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| fieldOfWork |
development economics
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economic history ⓘ economics ⓘ industrial policy ⓘ institutional economics ⓘ political economy ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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popular economics ⓘ |
| hasPerspectiveOn |
economic development
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globalization ⓘ trade policy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alexander Gerschenkron
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Joseph Schumpeter ⓘ Karl Polanyi ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critique of free-market orthodoxy
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heterodox economics ⓘ popular economics writing ⓘ work on industrial policy in developing countries ⓘ |
| memberOf | Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| nationality | South Korean ⓘ |
| notableWork |
23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism
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Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism ⓘ Economics: The User’s Guide ⓘ Globalization, Economic Development and the Role of the State ⓘ Kicking Away the Ladder ⓘ Reclaiming Development: An Alternative Economic Policy Manual ⓘ |
| opposes |
neoliberal economic policies
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unregulated free-market capitalism ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Seoul ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
lecturer in economics at the University of Cambridge
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reader in the Political Economy of Development at the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| theoreticalOrientation |
heterodox economics
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institutionalist economics ⓘ |
| writesInLanguage |
English
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Korean ⓘ |
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