The Hongcouver by Ian Young

That expert economist hogging headlines in Vancouver and Australia? Not 'technically' an economist

Philip Soos, cited as a Deakin University researcher and economist, is actually an IT grad and masters student passing off the university's address as his personal contact

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Published: 7:00am, 8 Jul, 2015

Updated: 11:49am, 23 Feb, 2016

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Ian Young is the Post's Vancouver correspondent. A journalist for more than 20 years, he worked for Australian newspapers and the London Evening Standard before arriving in Hong Kong in 1997. There he won or shared awards for excellence in investigative reporting and human rights reporting, and the HK News Awards Scoop of the Year. He moved to Canada with his wife in 2010.