Che Guevara's Cuba and John Cowperthwaite's Hong Kong: a six-decade natural experiment
Monnery, N.
(1 December 2019)
Che Guevara's Cuba and John Cowperthwaite's Hong Kong: a six-decade natural experiment.
LSE Business Review.
In 1960, Cuba and Hong Kong had a similar level of GDP per capita at around $4,500 in today's money[1]. By 2018 Cuba's GDP per capita had risen to around $9,000. By contrast, Hong Kong had reached $64,000 per capita, a similar level to the US and Switzerland. Over 60 years, Cuba had doubled its economic prosperity where Hong Kong had achieved a 14-fold increase.
| Item Type | Blog post |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2019 The Author(s) |
| Departments | LSE |
| Date Deposited | 18 Feb 2020 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/103468 |
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