{"title":"What is ‘the economy’?","authors":"R. Garside","doi":"10.1080/09627250408553597","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09627250408553597","url":null,"abstract":"The Hong Kong economy expanded notably in 2017. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 3.8 per cent in real terms, accelerating from 2.1 per cent growth in 2016 and markedly faster than the trend growth of 2.7 per cent in the past 10 years. In terms of the quarterly profile, the yearon-year growth rate of real GDP leaped to 4.3 per cent in the first quarter against a relatively low base of comparison in early 2016, and maintained above-trend growth at 3.9 per cent, 3.7 per cent and 3.4 per cent respectively in the second, third and fourth quarters (chart 1).","PeriodicalId":311753,"journal":{"name":"What Is the Economy?","volume":"2005 16","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134475428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Your world","authors":"J. Simpson","doi":"10.1176/ajp.110.4.318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.110.4.318","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":311753,"journal":{"name":"What Is the Economy?","volume":" 46","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1953-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120941718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Your work","authors":"","doi":"10.5040/9780755641536.0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5040/9780755641536.0014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":311753,"journal":{"name":"What Is the Economy?","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122604304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How did we end up here?","authors":"T. Montgomery, Martin Thompson","doi":"10.5040/9780755641536.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5040/9780755641536.0008","url":null,"abstract":"ion “All non-trivial abstractions, to some extent, are leaky.” Joel Spolsky “The detail of underlying complexity cannot be ignored.” “the purpose of abstracting is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise” Dijkstra We could say the main issue is that people don’t understand abstractions...but... Sins committed in the name of Abstraction","PeriodicalId":311753,"journal":{"name":"What Is the Economy?","volume":"112 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117258574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"You (and everybody else)","authors":"","doi":"10.5040/9780755641536.0011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5040/9780755641536.0011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":311753,"journal":{"name":"What Is the Economy?","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134433214","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The world needs a new language","authors":"","doi":"10.5040/9780755641536.0019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5040/9780755641536.0019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":311753,"journal":{"name":"What Is the Economy?","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121864263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Your government","authors":"B. Compiled, Frank T. Martinez","doi":"10.5040/9780755641536.0017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5040/9780755641536.0017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":311753,"journal":{"name":"What Is the Economy?","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114847379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Your high street","authors":"","doi":"10.5040/9780755641536.0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5040/9780755641536.0012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":311753,"journal":{"name":"What Is the Economy?","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129530849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Your home","authors":"L. Co.","doi":"10.5040/9780755641536.0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5040/9780755641536.0013","url":null,"abstract":"What is asbestos? When is it dangerous? Asbestos is a health hazard for you and your family. It is a mineral fiber that has been used in many building materials. There is no known safe level of exposure to asbestos. All asbestos should be avoided. If asbestos is left undisturbed, it is not likely to harm you — so don’t mess with it! When asbestos fibers are inhaled, they can be extremely dangerous. Inhaled asbestos fibers can remain in the lungs for a long time. It can take 1540 years after exposure to asbestos for cancer or respiratory diseases to develop.","PeriodicalId":311753,"journal":{"name":"What Is the Economy?","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129984783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}