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Poverty in the midst of affluence : how Hong Kong mismanaged its prosperity / Leo F. Goodstadt.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2014Edition: Revised editionDescription: 270 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789888208227
  • 9888208225
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HC470.3 .G66 2014
Summary: In this trenchant attack on government mismanagement, Leo Goodstadt traces how officials have created a 'new poverty' in Hong Kong and argues that their misguided policies are both a legacy of the colonial era and a deliberate choice by modern governments, and not the result of economic crises.--Back cover.
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Book: Standard Hewitson Library, Presbyterian Research Centre England Collection HC470.3 .G66 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 18-902

Includes bibliography (pages [241]-266) and index.

In this trenchant attack on government mismanagement, Leo Goodstadt traces how officials have created a 'new poverty' in Hong Kong and argues that their misguided policies are both a legacy of the colonial era and a deliberate choice by modern governments, and not the result of economic crises.--Back cover.

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