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Economic Reforms for the Poor
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An upcoming talk at Stanford; a marvelous validation of the core concerns of our Accelerating Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program as well as all the focus on De Soto , North , the Doing Business rankings... More »
Increasing the wealth of the world by an amount equal to the U.S.
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I recently calculated that the 122 nations ranked by Fraser Index averaged a rate of growth of 1.7% from 2000-2005. The twenty nations that had the highest gains in economic freedom from 1995-2005 averaged a... More »
The Ultimate Act of Generosity
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When an unskilled Mexican laborer crosses the border from Mexico into the U.S., a day's worth of his or her hard work increases by a power of 10 - instead of receiving $6 for a... More »
New Peace through Commerce book by Christopher Coyne
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After War The Political Economy of Exporting Democracy Christopher Coyne May 25, 2007 Summary Forthcoming from Stanford University Press, November 2007 Why does liberal democracy take hold in some countries but not in others?... More »
Benefits of Economic Freedom
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A portion of the evidence that economic freedom is the most highly leveraged means of improving life for billions of people. From the Fraser Institute Economic Freedom of the World Report, 2007:
Oscar Chiquitó Sabán
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I met Oscar Chiquitó Sabán over the weekend, a Guatemalen who is in the U.S. on a Fulbright scholarship. Oscar was raised in a one-room house made of cornstalks with his parents and four siblings. ... More »
Size of government vs. other aspects of economic freedom
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In response to Anthony's query on taxes on yesterday's post: The Fraser Index aggregates data in five categories: 1. Size of Government: Expenditures, Taxes, and Enterprises 2. Legal Structure and Security of Property... More »
Scandinavia regulates business less than anywhere else on earth
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Browsing through the Fraser Institute 2007 Economic Freedom of the World Report, http://www.freetheworld.com/release.html I discovered that the nations that regulate business the least in the world are Scandinavian: 1. Finland 2. Iceland 3. New Zealand... More »
poverty
June 2008