1963 - Today
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 660,913 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ha-Joon Chang is the 305th most popular economist (down from 280th in 2019), the 244th most popular biography from South Korea (up from 248th in 2019) and the most popular South Korean Economist.
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Among economists, Ha-Joon Chang ranks 305 out of 315. Before him are Leonid Abalkin, Walter Block, Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, José Ángel Gurría, Henry Charles Carey, and Branko Milanović. After him are Ilham Tohti, Fischer Black, Rose Friedman, Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, Abdi Farah Shirdon, and Henryk Grossman.
1930 - 2011
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 299
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 300
1868 - 1931
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 301
1950 - Present
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 302
1793 - 1879
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 303
1953 - Present
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 304
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 305
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 306
1938 - 1995
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 307
1910 - 2009
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 308
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 309
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 310
1881 - 1950
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 311
Among people born in 1963, Ha-Joon Chang ranks 274. Before him are David Koepp, Ukyo Katayama, Pavel Vrba, Simon Wright, Christopher Heyerdahl, and Jens Johansson. After him are Daniel Bravo, Johnny Marr, Manuela Di Centa, Jørn Andersen, Yasuharu Takanashi, and Brenda Bakke.
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 268
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.51
Rank: 269
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 270
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 271
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 272
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 273
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 274
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 275
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 276
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 277
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 278
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 279
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 280
Among people born in South Korea, Ha-Joon Chang ranks 244 out of 944. Before him are Jeon Do-yeon (1973), Song Il-gook (1971), Jung Hae-in (1988), Choi Myung-gil (1962), Chung Won-shik (1928), and Cha Eun-woo (1997). After him are Lee Sun-kyun (1975), Kwon Sang-woo (1976), Yuna Kim (1990), Song Ji-hyo (1981), Han Ji-min (1982), and Lee Seung-gi (1987).
1973 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 238
1971 - Present
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 239
1988 - Present
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 240
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 241
1928 - 2020
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 242
1997 - Present
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 243
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 244
1975 - 2023
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 245
1976 - Present
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 246
1990 - Present
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 247
1981 - Present
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 248
1982 - Present
HPI: 45.32
Rank: 249
1987 - Present
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 250
Among economists born in South Korea, Ha-Joon Chang ranks 1.