Architect of prosperity : Sir John Cowperthwaite and the making of Hong Kong /
Monnery, Neil,author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-329) and index.
Introduction -- 1. An unlikely start -- 2. A classical education -- 3. Cadet Cowperthwaite -- 4. A focus on industry -- 5. The Follows Foundation -- 6. The decline of the entrepôt trade -- 7. Deputy Finacial Secretary -- 8. Winner's doubts -- 9. Fibnacial Secretary and chief trade negotiator -- 10. The threat of "Brentry" -- 11. A banking crisis -- 12. Cowperthwaite's first budget -- 13. Fiscal fundamentals -- 14. The boundaries of the state -- 15. A bigger banking crisis -- 16. The pressures of a downturn -- 17. Devaluation and indecision -- 18. Friction with China -- 19. Consolidation and continuity -- 20. Changing guard -- 21. History lessons?
Cowperthwaite, John James, Sir, 1915-2006.
Civil service
British
British.
Civil service.
Economic history.