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The Conflict Between Public Interest and Private Profit in Hong Kong

By: Leo F. Goodstadt

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The Conflict Between Public Interest and Private Profit in Hong Kong

By: Leo F. Goodstadt

Challenging the wisdom about the way capitalism and colonialism joined forces to transform Hong Kong into one of the world's great cities, this book deploys case studies of the clash of interests between alien colonials and their Chinese constituents and the conflict between a pro-business government and its political and social responsibilities.

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Hong Kong University Press

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9622097332

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9789622097339

A City Mismanaged

Hong Kong’s Struggle for Survival

By: Leo F. Goodstadt

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A City Mismanaged

Hong Kong’s Struggle for Survival

By: Leo F. Goodstadt

A City Mismanaged traces the collapse of good governance in Hong Kong, explains its causes, and exposes the damaging impact on the community’s quality of life. Leo Goodstadt argues that the current well-being and future survival of Hong Kong have been threatened by disastrous policy decisions made by chief executives and their principal officials. Individual chapters look at the most shocking examples of mismanagement: the government’s refusal to implement the Basic Law in full; official reluctance to halt the large-scale dilapidation of private sector homes into accommodation unfit for habitation; and ministerial toleration of the rise of new slums. Mismanagement of economic relations with Mainland China is shown to have created severe business losses. Goodstadt’s riveting investigations include extensive scandals in the post-secondary education sector and how lives are at risk because of the inadequate staff levels and limited funding allocated to key government departments. This book offers a unique and very powerful account of Hong Kong’s struggle to survive. ‘Goodstadt demonstrates how the neglect of social rights in managing the SAR has brought about serious consequences through the discussion of housing, medical services, and education. A highly readable title with a lot of interesting arguments for those who really care about Hong Kong.’ —Lui Tai-lok, Department of Asian and Policy Studies, Education University of Hong Kong ‘Goodstadt gives a well-grounded and relentless rebuke of the HKSAR government for failing to safeguard lives, quality of living and the interests of its people in the past twenty years. It is a poignant siren that calls for reflection and correction.’ —Christine M. S. Fang, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong ‘Goodstadt utilizes his long experience in public policy in Hong Kong to interpret the city’s mismanagement. He supplies a devastating critique of the fallacy of the approach taken by the Chief Executives and the senior leaders.’ —David R. Meyer, Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis

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Hong Kong University Press

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9888528491

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9789888528493

Profits, Politics and Panics

Hong Kong's Banks and the Making of a Miracle Economy, 1935-1985

By: Leo Goodstadt

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Profits, Politics and Panics

Hong Kong's Banks and the Making of a Miracle Economy, 1935-1985

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Goodstadt brilliantly weaves a tapestry that resolves major puzzles about Hong Kong's growth as an international financial centre during this pivotal fifty-year period. This is a devastating expose of the consequences of the British colonial government's failure to effectively regulate banking and manage monetary policy."--David Meyer, Washington University. St. LouisLeo F. Goodstadt is adjunct professor in the School of Business Studies at Trinity Colletge, University of Dublin. He was formerly deputy editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review.

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Hong Kong University Press

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9622098967

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9789622098961

Poverty in the Midst of Affluence

How Hong Kong Mismanaged Its Prosperity, Revised Edition

By: Leo F. Goodstadt

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Poverty in the Midst of Affluence

How Hong Kong Mismanaged Its Prosperity, Revised Edition

By: Leo F. Goodstadt

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 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. This provocative book will be essential reading for anyone wishing to understand why poverty returned to Hong Kong in this century. The book has been thoroughly revised and updated for this new, paperback edition. ‘Leo Goodstadt has identified the New Poor as those made vulnerable through diminishing access to essential services and opportunities. The culprits are misguided policies, and the callous and uncaring decisions of those in power. This compelling critique carries weight and demands a response.’ —Christine Fang, Former Chief Executive of The Hong Kong Council of Social Service ‘This is a critical reflection on Hong Kong’s path of social development and a most discerning analysis of the Third World mentality espoused by the government and the business community in the area of social welfare.’ —Lui Tai-lok, Chair Professor of Hong Kong Studies, The Hong Kong Institute of Education ‘Welfare spending was like “pouring sand into the sea to reclaim land”, thought one Chief Executive. Governments restrained social spending based on that skewed view . . . This book is meticulously researched and painfully insightful. It is a masterly chronicle of Hong Kong’s social welfare policy.’ —Anna Wu, Non-Official Member of the Executive Council, HKSAR

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Hong Kong University Press

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9888208225

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9789888208227

Reluctant Regulators

How the West Created and How China Survived the Global Financial Crisis

By: Leo F. Goodstadt

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Reluctant Regulators

How the West Created and How China Survived the Global Financial Crisis

By: Leo F. Goodstadt

The 2007-2009 global financial crisis was predictable and avoidable, but American and British regulators chose not to intervene. They failed to implement their own policies because of an Anglo-American "regulatory culture" of non-intervention that dominated financial regulation worldwide. Hong Kong--the international financial center of an increasingly prosperous China--defied world opinion and made stability its priority. This policy ensured Hong Kong's robust performance during the last 15 years, and it made possible Hong Kong's impressive contributions to financing China's economic take-off and to the modernization of its financial institutions.Reluctant Regulatorsis a scathing indictment of regulatory inertia in the West. It provides original insights into the causes of financial crises and pays special attention to China's attempts at reform and Hong Kong's place in China's financial modernization. Leo F. Goodstadtwas chief policy adviser to the Hong Kong Government as head of its Central Policy Unit (1989-1997) and has had an extensive consultancy practice in Asian banking. He has written widely on the global financial crisis and on China's economic development.

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Hong Kong University Press

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9888083252

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9789888083251

China's Search for Plenty

The Economics of Mao Tse-tung

By: Leo F. Goodstadt

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China's Search for Plenty

The Economics of Mao Tse-tung

By: Leo F. Goodstadt

Analysis of the theory and practice of Maoist economic thinking. The author situations economic developments within the political and social setting of China, comparing Mao's development of economics with Western economic ideas, propopsals and experiences in other underdeveloped Asian countries.

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New York : Weatherhill

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0834800756

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9780834800755

Poverty in the Midst of Affluence

How Hong Kong Mismanaged Its Prosperity, Revised Edition

By: Leo F. Goodstadt

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How Hong Kong Mismanaged Its Prosperity, Revised Edition

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A City Mismanaged

Hong Kong’s Struggle for Survival

By: Leo F. Goodstadt

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Hong Kong’s Struggle for Survival

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Reluctant Regulators

How the West Created and How China Survived the Global Financial Crisis

By: Leo F. Goodstadt

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How the West Created and How China Survived the Global Financial Crisis

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Uneasy Partners

Uneasy Partners

A City Mismanaged

A City Mismanaged

Profits, Politics and Panics

Profits, Politics and Panics

Poverty in the Midst of Affluence

Poverty in the Midst of Affluence

Reluctant Regulators

Reluctant Regulators

China's Search for Plenty

China's Search for Plenty

Poverty in the Midst of Affluence

Poverty in the Midst of Affluence

A City Mismanaged

A City Mismanaged

Reluctant Regulators

Reluctant Regulators

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