Rich countries have 'kicked away the ladder' by forcing free-market, free-trade policies on poor countries… — Chang Ha-Joon
Rich countries have 'kicked away the ladder' by forcing free-market, free-trade policies on poor countries. Already established countries do not want more competitors emerging through the nationalistic policies they themselves successfully used in the past.
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