"I recommend this important contribution to anyone interested in Hong Kong because it is foundational to understanding the political economy of this unique city . . . This book is a very good read. It is really a history of Hong Kong society and why the e

"Michael Littlewood is ideally equipped to explain to the many interested readers and would-be readers why they should take a close interest in Hong Kong and its 'troublingly successful' tax system. Drawing on his years of experience, he takes full advant

"Remarkably readable and frequently engrossing, Michael Littlewood has produced an impressive investigation of how the Hong Kong business-friendly tax system has survived so many economic and political crises. This book is more than an analysis of taxatio

"Michael Littlewood's Taxation Without Representation is a fascinating case study of a seemingly successful tax system operating in a non-democratic context. It is a first-rate history and raises troubling questions about the necessity of linking taxes an

Michael Littlewood is a member of the Faculty of Law at the University of Auckland, where he teaches tax. His work has been published in the U.S., the U.K., Hong Kong, China, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand. He lived in Hong Kong from 1989 until 2003.