William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."
For decades, Hong Kong was a laboratory for the laissez-faire crowd keen to prove the wonders of low taxes, free trade and minimal government intervention. It reveled in being the freest economy anywhere and at times even thrived as a result.
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