Architect of Prosperity

Architect of Prosperity: Sir John Cowperthwaite and the making of Hong Kong is a book about Sir John Cowperthwaite – the man Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman identified as being behind Hong Kong’s remarkable post-war economic transformation.

Despite there being some articles about him and effusive obituaries there have, until now, been no published biographies of Cowperthwaite.

This is a unique story of dogged free market economics coupled with post-war British public administration and the true grit and ingenuity of the Chinese people. Were these policies unique to a time and place, or are there lessons that we can draw from Cowperthwaite and Hong Kong’s success?

The book won the Gold Medal for best biography (2017) from Axiom Awards.

Architect of Prosperity is available at all good bookshops and at:

UK:   https://www.amazon.co.uk/Architect-Prosperity-John-Cowperthwaite-Making/dp/1907994696

USA:  https://www.amazon.com/Architect-Prosperity-John-Cowperthwaite-Making/dp/1907994696