- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Illustrations
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Preface
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1 The Panama Syndrome and the Origins of Deep Contradictions -
2 Contradictions in the Policy Environment -
3 Growing as a Part of China: A Historical Perspective -
4 External Shocks and Price Stability under the Linked Rate -
5 Why the Present Budget Policy Is Still the Most Sensible -
6 Looming Population Challenges -
7 Economic Competition and Structural Change -
8 Global Economic Integration and the Distribution of Housing Wealth -
9 Diversity and Occasional Anarchy: The Key to a Great City -
10 Cities, Human Capital, and Economic Development -
11 On the Creative and Innovative Economy -
12 Core Values, Functional Constituencies, and the Democratic Principle -
13 Simple Ideas in Political Economy -
14 Taxation, Regulation, and the Rational Politician -
15 Why Is Housing So Expensive? -
16 Education for Equality and Growth -
17 On Public Health Care Finances -
18 Mandatory Provident Fund Needs Reform -
19 Can We Afford Old Age Social Security? -
20 Economic Consequences of Universal Old Age Social Pensions -
21 How Can We Get Out of the Housing Quandary? -
22 Why Reforming Subsidized Housing Makes Sense - About the Author
The Panama Syndrome and the Origins of Deep Contradictions
The Panama Syndrome and the Origins of Deep Contradictions
- Chapter:
- (p.3) 1 The Panama Syndrome and the Origins of Deep Contradictions
- Source:
- Diversity and Occasional Anarchy
- Author(s):
Yue Chim Richard Wong
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
In a 2010 press conference, Premier Wen Jiabao said that Hong Kong has a number of deep contradictions that had to be tackled. He spoke of five principal issues that Hong Kong had to face in the process of dual integration (the integration with both mainland China and the world economy). Hong Kong's deep contradictions spring from the broader phenomenon of the mushrooming of emerging economies around the globe, and this brings forth opportunities and challenges.
Keywords: Panama Syndrome, Deep contradictions, Origins, Dual integration, Hong Kong, China, Economy, Policies
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Illustrations
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Preface
-
1 The Panama Syndrome and the Origins of Deep Contradictions -
2 Contradictions in the Policy Environment -
3 Growing as a Part of China: A Historical Perspective -
4 External Shocks and Price Stability under the Linked Rate -
5 Why the Present Budget Policy Is Still the Most Sensible -
6 Looming Population Challenges -
7 Economic Competition and Structural Change -
8 Global Economic Integration and the Distribution of Housing Wealth -
9 Diversity and Occasional Anarchy: The Key to a Great City -
10 Cities, Human Capital, and Economic Development -
11 On the Creative and Innovative Economy -
12 Core Values, Functional Constituencies, and the Democratic Principle -
13 Simple Ideas in Political Economy -
14 Taxation, Regulation, and the Rational Politician -
15 Why Is Housing So Expensive? -
16 Education for Equality and Growth -
17 On Public Health Care Finances -
18 Mandatory Provident Fund Needs Reform -
19 Can We Afford Old Age Social Security? -
20 Economic Consequences of Universal Old Age Social Pensions -
21 How Can We Get Out of the Housing Quandary? -
22 Why Reforming Subsidized Housing Makes Sense - About the Author
