THE BISHOP OF BRENTWOOD,MIGRANTS, THE MARKET AND THE PURSUIT OF GAIN

Employers who attempt to pay what others describe as a living wage may well undermine the opportunities available for migrants to experience economic flourishing. A market economy where profit is the prime motivation is an important contributor to the common good: this is clear in Catholic social teaching.     

齐聚西部 共商未来——西部中小企业发展论坛在兰州召开

8月26日，第十一届中国兰州投资贸易洽谈会隆重开幕，作为此届兰洽会重大创新活动之一的西部中小企业发展论坛亦于同日举行。此次论坛是在国家发展和改革委中小企业司的大力支持下，由甘肃省人民政府、中国中小企业国际合作协会共同主办。甘肃省省长陆浩致论坛开幕辞，副省长杨志明、国家发改委中小企业司司长苏波，以及关注中小企业发展的国内外专家、企业界代表共同为西部中小企业的发展提出了真知灼见。     

MONEY, FINANCE AND THE ROLE OF THE STATE

Books reviewed in this article:
Kevin Dowd (1989) The State and the Monetary System.
David Glasner (1989) Free Banking and Monetary Reform.
David Gowland (1990) The Regulation of Financial Markets in the 1990s.     

解读卓德顶级品牌的内蕴

陈超国执行董事——责评估部门包括中国评估部负责最终签署评估报告管理硕士——业于英国的物业发展及投资管理系毕业于香港理工大学测量学系香港测量师学会之资深会员英国皇家测量师学会之资深会员仲裁学会之注册会员自1995年开始负责中国评估部所参与的大型国企项目如下:中国银行中银集团 中外运 中国石油天然气 中国移动 中国联通 中国电信 联华超市 中国铝业 马鞍山钢铁厂 中国粮油进出口公司 北京华联超市 上海宝钢 上海电力 粤海集团 万通集团中国化工进出口公司 广东美雅集团 新亚集团 华能电力 东方航空 南方航空 山东新华制药厂 庆玲汽车 海螺水泥宝丰集团皖通高速公路 成渝高速公路 中国制药 中国民航计算机信息中心 中国航空技术进出口公司 北京人民印刷股份有限公司 东风汽车 上海电力 涟源钢铁厂等     

THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION, 1997, AND THE LAND MARKET OF HONG KONG*

In September, 1984, Britain and China concluded the Joint Declaration on the Future of Hong Kong. The Joint Declaration guarantees the continual practice of capitalism and a high degree of autonomy for Hong Kong for a period of 50 years after 1997. It helped to rebuild confidence and caused property prices to rise. However, Annex HI of the Joint Declaration places severe restraints on the present government, limiting its ability to respond to market trends and generate funds from land sales. This paper seeks to look at some of these effects. It is argued that there is very little room for the present government to maneouvre and that even now the constraints imposed by the Joint Declaration are affecting the land market in Hong Kong. Higher land prices, a slower rate of horizontal expansion of the city and a greater intensity of land use are likely consequences of the newly imposed contraints. The recent emphasis on inner city development and redevelopment vis-a-vis a new town development strategy is in part attributable to the Joint Declaration.     

THE ORANGE BOOK,THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS AND ECONOMIC FREEDOM

Despite the Liberal Democrat's party heritage and despite the efforts of those who wrote The Orange Book, the party still has difficulty embracing economic liberalism. The state is often seen as benign or even virtuous and there is huge caution when it comes to taxation, public service reform and deregulation which results from other priorities being put before economic growth. Indeed, even some of The Orange Book authors have produced mixed results when they have had opportunities in the coalition government.     

NGOS VS CIVIL SOCIETY: REFLECTIONS ON THE ILLIBERAL,THE ILLEGITIMATE AND THE UNACCOUNTABLE

This essay evaluates the nature of non‐governmental organisations and their relation to civil society, and examines appropriate criteria of legitimacy and accountability for NGOs. Unfortunately, many common understandings of NGOs embody fundamental confusions, and obscure the ways in which NGOs are inimical to individual liberty.     

CHRISTIANITY, THE MARKET ECONOMY AND THE LIMITS TO HUMAN KNOWLEDGE

At one time, the prevailing view amongst Christian clergy in Britain would have been sympathetic towards the spontaneous order of the market economy and not sympathetic towards socialism. The spontaneous order, would, of course, have included the rich tapestry of philanthropic organisations and mutual societies that used to provide welfare for the poor. The clergy today are not generally sympathetic towards the market order. An understanding of Austrian ideas takes us to the view that, at the very least, socialist rationalism is the common enemy of Christians and those who support a free market order.     

精工之作全新启航——记新城市地产2011年年会

2011年2月26日,广州新城市地产集团举行了主题为＂精工制作,全新启航＂的2011年年会。活动当晚,室内喜庆活泼的现场布置、时尚现代的签到墙,鲜红的地毯上更是星光熠熠、群星闪耀——与会的员工个个悉心打扮、妆容精致,使整场晚会俨然成了一场高格调的时尚盛会。在兴奋和雷鸣般的掌声中,各个节目逐一上演。     

重温下沙,唤醒城市的记忆 煌煌廿载,锦绣下沙

1993年—2012年,杭州经济技术开发区建成已近20年。20年的跨度,人的记忆远远追不上城市的变化。随着时间的流逝,有很多场景、事件,都会随着记忆的淡忘、地点的更迁,而湮没在历史的尘埃中。也许,这个地方我们曾那样熟悉,承载着我们儿时的记忆;也许,这件事就曾发生在我们脚下的这片土地上,但今天却鲜有人再提及。幸好,有这样一群人,用他们拍摄的、保存的,或千辛万苦找寻到的老照片,将过去的岁月定格、保留了下来。让而今城内的老沙民心怀一种"虽然不曾想起,但永远不会忘     

品质生活 金科镌刻

<正>在金科,企业文化是企业肌体的每一寸血管中流淌着的一种精神、是每一名员工发自内心的一份信仰。生生不息的文化,正在成为金科团队执行力的重要保障和公司持续成长的不竭动力。金科物业服务有限公司成立于1998年,公司注册资本5000万元,现有员工5200余人。目前管理规模已超过2700万平方米。自成立以来,"关爱无处不在"、"迅速反应、创造感动"的服务理念响彻全国。2008年,金科物业按照金科股份"依托大重庆,挺进长三角,开拓环渤海,扩大中西