TY  - BOOK
AU  - Goodstadt,Leo F.
TI  - Poverty in the midst of affluence: how Hong Kong mismanaged its prosperity 
SN  - 9789888180936
AV  - HD7061 .P684 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Hong Kong
PB  - Hong Kong University Press
KW  - Poverty
KW  - China
KW  - Hong Kong
KW  - Cost and standard of living
KW  - Constitutional law
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Preface --; Introduction : pain, panic and poverty --; Crisis economics : private profits, public pain --; The business of government : less politics, no welfare --; Housing: unending crisis --; Social reforms : too little, too late --; Social reforms : the new poverty --; The undeserving poor --; An absence of advocates : how the 'welfare' lobby --; Lost its voice --; Conclusions : history repeats itself --; Bibliography --; Index; 2; b
N2  - 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 labor 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 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 --
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