LEADER 03318nam 2200613 450 001 9910462964603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a988-8268-43-0 010 $a988-8180-93-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000425258 035 $a(EBL)1394954 035 $a(OCoLC)858763480 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001141659 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11993306 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001141659 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11108795 035 $a(PQKB)10941021 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000234354 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1394954 035 $a(OCoLC)867740825 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse32004 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1394954 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10761091 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000425258 100 $a20140513h20132013 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPoverty in the midst of affluence $ehow Hong Kong mismanaged its prosperity /$fLeo F. Goodstadt 210 1$aHong Kong :$cHong Kong University Press,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (275 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a988-8208-21-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface -- 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. 330 $aHong 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 -- not the result of economic crises. This book is highly relevant to the continuing debate about the efficiency of market forces in solving welfare "problems" and the claims put forward for the superiority of the private sector in meeting housing, health and educational needs. 606 $aPoverty$zChina$zHong Kong 606 $aCost and standard of living$zChina$zHong Kong 607 $aHong Kong (China)$xEconomic conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPoverty 615 0$aCost and standard of living 676 $a330.95125 700 $aGoodstadt$b Leo F.$01030132 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462964603321 996 $aPoverty in the midst of affluence$92446916 997 $aUNINA