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Ha-Joon Chang

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Ha-Joon Chang (; Korean: 장하준; born 7 October 1963) 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ha-Joon Chang has received more than 711,942 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Ha-Joon Chang is the 327th most popular economist (down from 302nd in 2019), the 290th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 241st in 2019) and the most popular South Korean Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Ha-Joon Chang ranks 327 out of 414. Before him are Leonid Abalkin, Lawrence Summers, Abdi Farah Shirdon, Michel Chossudovsky, Ilham Tohti, and Guido Imbens. After him are Branko Milanović, John Lipsky, Daniele Archibugi, Fischer Black, Thomas Hodgskin, and Henry Charles Carey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Ha-Joon Chang ranks 310. Before him are Randy Johnson, Guido Imbens, Fernando Haddad, Walter Casagrande, Sam Lloyd, and Neerja Bhanot. After him are John Levén, Cuca, Rick Allen, Tanju Çolak, Michael Beach, and David LaChapelle.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Ha-Joon Chang ranks 290 out of 1,128. Before him are Shin Min-a (1984), Park Hyung-sik (1991), Ahn Bo-hyun (1988), Yi So-yeon (1978), Jung Hae-in (1988), and Nam Joo-hyuk (1994). After him are Yi Munyeol (1948), Park Hae-soo (1981), Namkoong Min (1978), Kang Soo-yeon (1966), Yoo Jun-sang (1969), and Faker (1996).

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Among ECONOMISTS In South Korea

Among economists born in South Korea, Ha-Joon Chang ranks 1. After him are Lee Ju-ho (1961).

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