Hong Kong: What’s Scotland Got to Do With It?

Our friends at the London Publishing Partnership have a new book coming out this month on economic growth and development in Hong Kong.

From 1960 to 1996, Hong Kong’s per capita income rose from about one-quarter of Britain’s to more than a third larger than Britain’s.

Whether there is anything to be learned from the Hong Kong story for the economy of Britain today is a moot point that will be debated endlessly by academics. Many would say that Hong Kong was a special case and that we cannot compare apples with oranges. All we can say for sure is that Hong Kong owes a great deal to its many Scottish connections and especially to the invisible hands of Adam Smith and John Cowperthwaite. 

Neil Monnery’s Architect of Prosperity: Sir John Cowperthwaite and the Making of Hong Kong 

Find out more about the book here

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