Conceptualizing the Individual | Economics for People with Ha-Joon Chang

Mainstream economics is rooted in the idea that individual self-interest drives society. In this fourth lecture in INET’s “Economics For People” series, Ha-Joon Chang explores other, more complicated theories of the individual in the economy. About “Economics for People”: “It is extremely important for our democracy to function that ordinary citizens understand the key issues and basic theories of economics.” – Ha-Joon Chang Economics has long been the domain of the ivory tower, where specialized language and opaque theorems make it inaccessible to most people. That’s a problem. In the new series “Economics For People” from the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), University of Cambridge economist and bestselling author Ha-Joon Chang explains key concepts in economics, empowering anyone to hold their government, society, and economy accountable.