02725nam 2200541 450 991045959670332120200520144314.0988-8313-09-6(CKB)3710000000307384(EBL)1863701(MiAaPQ)EBC1863701(OCoLC)933561176(MdBmJHUP)muse42306(Au-PeEL)EBL1863701(CaPaEBR)ebr10991749(OCoLC)897069797(EXLCZ)99371000000030738420141205h20142014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierPoverty in the midst of affluence how Hong Kong mismanaged its prosperity /Leo F. GoodstadtRevised edition.Hong Kong :HKU Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (281 p.)Description based upon print version of record.988-8208-22-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Hong Kong is among the richest cities in the world. Yet over the past 15 years, living conditions for the average family have deteriorated. 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. 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.PovertyChinaHong KongCost and standard of livingChinaHong KongHong Kong (China)Economic conditionsElectronic books.PovertyCost and standard of living330.95125Goodstadt Leo F.1030132MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459596703321Poverty in the midst of affluence2446916UNINA