“When I was growing up in South Korea in the '70s and early '80s, the c...” — Ha-Joon Chang Quote

“When I was growing up in South Korea in the '70s and early '80s, the country was too poor to buy original records. Everything was bootlegged.”

“What free-market economists are not telling us is that the politics they want to get rid of are none other than those of democracy itself. When they say we need to insulate economic policies from politics, they are in effect advocating the castration of democracy.”

“Democracy, despite its limitations, is in the end the only way to ensure that policies do not simply benefit the privileged few.”

“There are so many talented actresses in Korea right now, but they're not seen because there aren't roles in which they can show their talents.”

“Mississippi's never going to be North Korea.”

“My parents were born in Korea. They spent a good part of their life in Korea.”