Ha-Joon Chang, the author of Bad Samaritans, has a new book out which, according to the Independent, “has likened the nation’s acceptance of free-market capitalism to that of the brainwashed characters in the film The Matrix, unwitting pawns in a fake reality.” For those of you who are interested in such things, here’s a link:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/aug/29/ha-joon-chang-23-things