Dr Kui-Wai Li lectures on the Asia Pacific economies, including the China economy and specializes in the areas of financial and economic development, industry and trade, political economy and globalization. His research focuses on China, Asian economies including Hong Kong, financial crisis and globalization. He has published a number of referee articles and has contributed chapters to edited books. He is the author of "Economic Freedom: Lessons of Hong Kong (World Scientific, 2012), "The Hong Kong Economy: From Recovery to Restructure" (McGraw Hill Educational, 2006), "Capitalist Development and Economism in East Asia: The Rise of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea" (Routledge, 2002), "Financial Repression and Economic Reform in China" (Praeger, 1994), and edited "Financing China Trade and Investment (Praeger, 1997). Dr Li has worked as a consultant to international institutions, foreign governments and business, and has regularly been interviewed by local and foreign press, radio and television on Hong Kong, Mainland China and foreign issues. He served as the Visiting Fellow at the Economic Growth Center, Yale University, and attended an executive program at Harvard University in 2000 and 2001, respectively.
During his sabbatical months in 2010-2011, he taught a course in the Department of Political Economy, University of Geneva and Faculty of Economics, Vilnius University in Lithuania, and visited the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, and the Center for the International Research on the Japanese economy, University of Tokyo. Dr Li has secured a research grant from the Swiss Network for International Studies during his visit to University of Geneva.
In this timely book, the author contributes valuable insights on the critical role that economic freedom has played in Hong Kong's dynamic economic achievements. At times challenging, the author's scholarly yet practical volume offers important policy guidance for other economies, particularly at this critical juncture for the global economy. -- Edwin J Feulner "President of The Heritage Foundation, Washington DC"
For more than three decades, the economy of Hong Kong has been the freest in the world. This elevates its importance for those seeking to understand the growth and development process. -- James Gwartney "Co-author, Economic Freedom of the World Annual Report, The Fraser Institute, Canada"
This book is full of fascinating and new details about how Hong Kong became the economic power it is today. It identifies the key principles, such as economic and personal freedom, that underpin this astonishing development. -- Eamonn Butler "Director, Adam Smith Institute, UK"
At a time of transition and turbulence in the global economy, economic freedom is an especially important subject for reflection and debate. The author uses the seminal case of Hong Kong to examine what it means to implement the idea and sustain it in practice. In this carefully crafted book, students, policymakers, and market participants will learn much of great value. Its implications extend far beyond East Asia. -- Louis W Pauly "Canada Research Chair in Globalization and Governance, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto"
Hong Kong is highly regarded as one of the most successful models of a small open economy. The author offers a far-sighted view on economic freedom as the chief element of the success in this book where the rationale and empirical data are brilliantly laid out. This well-written case study will lead you to the understanding that economic freedom is the most powerful tool in exploring the past, present and future of Hong Kong. The author's in-depth analysis will be of great use to nations around the world including Korea, which gives me confidence to recommend this book to you without any hesitation. -- Tae-Shin Kwon "Vice Chairman, Presidential Council on National Competitiveness, South Korea"
Hong Kong is a small open economy that has achieved remarkable economic growth after the Second World War. Why has it been so successful? This book uncovers a variety of dynamic features that has contributed to its great success. We will see how economic freedom has functioned as an infrastructure for Hong Kong's economic development. -- Shin-ichi Fukuda "Director, Center for International Research on the Japanese Economy, University of Tokyo"
The book provides a far reaching global overview of specific topics that are then tied to the economic reality of modern Hong Kong. Detailed and specific, the theory and on-the-ground reality collide to provide a comprehensive view of Hong Kong's economy. -- G Andrew Work "Co-Founder and Director, The Lion Rock Institute, Hong Kong SAR"