What are Kaohsiung problems? “Old and poor.” How can one solve them? “Outflow of goods; inflow of people and so Kaohsiung will be rich.” This is basic economics and the election slogan of Han kuo-yu who won the Kaohsiung mayoral election last month. We can further understand Han’s solutions in the following reports from the pro-Democratic Progressive Party’s newspaper: [“After suffering from 20 to 30 years of political ideology, elections have become a curse that gives Kaohsiung residents a headache... The city is like a well-dressed man who has no cash in his pocket ,”... Han said that if elected, he would transform Kaohsiung from an “old and poor” city into a “rich and youthful” one, while vowing to stay closely connected to people at the grassroots level by having a member of his team spend a night at the house of someone belonging to a medium-low income family once per month. He also pledged to be a mayor of integrity , saying that if he is ever convicted of corruptio...