Poverty in the Midst of Affluence : How Hong Kong Mismanaged Its Prosperity
Leo F. Goodstadt
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press , 2013
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (275 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: Pain, Panic and Poverty""; ""1 - Crisis Economics: Private Profits, Public Pain ""; ""2 - The Business of Government: Less Politics, No Welfare""; ""3 - Housing: Unending Crisis""; ""4 - Social Reforms: Too Little, Too Late""; ""5 - Social Reforms: The New Poverty""; ""6 - The Undeserving Poor""; ""7 - An Absence of Advocates: How the �Welfare� Lobby Lost Its Voice""; ""Conclusions: History Repeats Itself""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"". - Hong Kong is among the richest cities in the world. Yet over the past 15years, living conditions for the average family have deteriorated despite arobust economy, ample budget surpluses and record labour productivity.Successive governments have been reluctant to invest in services for theelderly, the disabled, the long-term sick, and the poor, while education hasbecome more elitist. The political system has helped to entrench a mistakenconsensus that social spending is a threat to financial stability and economicprosperity. In this trenchant attack on government mismanagement, LeoGoodstadt tra
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| Geografisk emneord | Hong Kong (China) - Economic conditions. . - Hong Kong : (NO-TrBIB)HUME01986. - Hongkong : (NO-TrBIB)HUME01986
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| Dewey | 342.5125/02 . - 330.95125
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| ISBN | 9789888208210
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