Economic Liberalism and the Developmental State Hong Kong and Singapore’s Post-war Development

While both nations are not pure free markets, the Hong Kong economy comes closer to that ideal and exhibited clear advantages over state-driven Singapore, in terms of greater levels of indigenous entrepreneurship, productivity and innovation. The book highlights the complex ways in which states pene...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cheang, Bryan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Developmental State and Economic Liberalism
  • 2. Economic Freedom, Institutional Arrangements, and Local Context
  • 3. State Capitalism vs. Entrepreneurial Capitalism
  • 4. Development Requires Freedom
  • 5. Hong Kong and Singapore as an Anglo-Chinese Success Story
  • 6. Reassessing Relative Economic Performance
  • 7. State and the Creative Class
  • 8. Conclusion: Reconsidering Developmental State Exceptionalism