Diversity and Occasional Anarchy : On Deep Economic and Social Contradictions in Hong Kong /

The world economic landscape has experienced seismic changes in the 15 years after restoration of sovereignty over Hong Kong from Britain to China. Fortunately the Hong Kong economy has remained steadfast and is still making progress, but public confidence in the governance of the SAR government has...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wong, Y. C. Richard (Yue-chim Richard), 1952-
Autor Corporativo: Project Muse
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press, 2013
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Hong Kong (China) > Politics and government > 1997-
Social conflict > China > Hong Kong.
Economics > China > Hong Kong.
Hong Kong (China) > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / by Tung Chee Hwa
  • Foreword / by Gary S. Becker
  • Foreword / by Liu Pak-wai
  • Preface
  • pt. 1. Introduction
  • 1. The Panama syndrome and the origins of deep contradictions
  • 2. Contradictions in the policy environment
  • 3. Growing as a part of China : a historical perspective
  • pt. II. Starting points : monetary policy, population policy, and economic change
  • 4. External shocks and price stability under the linked rate
  • 5. Why the present budget policy is still the most sensible
  • 6. Looming population challenges
  • 7. Economic competition and structural change
  • pt. III. Conditions affecting growth and innovation
  • 8. Global economic integration and the distribution of housing wealth
  • 9. Diversity and occasional anarchy : the key to a great city
  • 10. Cities, human capital, and economic development
  • 11. On the creative and innovative economy
  • pt. IV. Politics and regulation
  • 12. Core values, functional constituencies, and the democratic principle
  • 13. Simple ideas in political economy
  • 14. Taxation, regulation, and the rational politician
  • 15. Why is housing so expensive?
  • pt. V. Contradictions in quality of life issues
  • 16. Education for equality and growth
  • 17. On public health care finances
  • 18. Mandatory provident fund needs reform
  • 19. Can we afford old age social security?
  • 20. Economic consequences of universal old age social pensions
  • pt. VI. Resolving a critical deep contradiction
  • 21. How can we get out of the housing quandary?
  • 22. Why reforming subsidized housing makes sense.

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