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Poverty in the midst of affluence : how Hong Kong mismanaged its prosperity /
Hong Kong is among the richest cities in the world. Yet over the past 15 years, living conditions for the average family have deteriorated despite a robust economy, ample budget surpluses, and record labour productivity. Successive governments have been reluctant to invest in services for the elderl...
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Hong Kong :
HKU Press,
[2014]
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| Edición: | Revised edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 520 | |a Hong Kong is among the richest cities in the world. Yet over the past 15 years, living conditions for the average family have deteriorated despite a robust economy, ample budget surpluses, and record labour productivity. Successive governments have been reluctant to invest in services for the elderly, the disabled, the long-term sick, and the poor, while education has become more elitist. The political system has helped to entrench a mistaken consensus that social spending is a threat to financial stability and economic prosperity. In this trenchant attack on government mismanagement, Leo Good. | ||
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