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FLOW Vision News, October 2008

Posted on Oct 17th, 2008 by FLOW : Organization FLOW

Dear FLOW Members, Recent events in the financial, banking, and insurance industry frustrate our sense of justice and goodness because it is certain that, no matter what else happens, some individuals who have made harmful... More »

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Entrepreneurship, Education, and Senegal: FLOW Vision News

Posted on Sep 30th, 2008 by FLOW : Organization FLOW

Dear FLOW, I’ve just returned from two weeks in Senegal, a beautiful land with a tolerant Islamic culture, mostly Sufi, a very strong work ethic, an indigenous entrepreneurial tradition, and an HIV/AIDS rate that is... More »

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The U.S. is more heavily regulated now than it was in 1980

Posted on Sep 17th, 2008 by FLOW : Organization FLOW

An excellent NYT column by Tyler Cowan on the recent financial meltdown shows that deregulation is not at all the cause of the recent meltdown: Still, the Bush administration’s many critiques of regulation are belied... More »

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Economic Reforms for the Poor

Posted on Apr 16th, 2008 by FLOW : Organization FLOW

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 »

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Increasing the wealth of the world by an amount equal to the U.S.

Posted on Mar 4th, 2008 by FLOW : Organization FLOW

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 »

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The Ultimate Act of Generosity

Posted on Dec 11th, 2007 by FLOW : Organization FLOW

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 »

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New Peace through Commerce book by Christopher Coyne

Posted on Oct 16th, 2007 by FLOW : Organization FLOW

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 »

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Benefits of Economic Freedom

Posted on Oct 11th, 2007 by FLOW : Organization FLOW

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:

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Oscar Chiquitó Sabán

Posted on Oct 1st, 2007 by FLOW : Organization FLOW

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 »

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Size of government vs. other aspects of economic freedom

Posted on Sep 30th, 2007 by FLOW : Organization FLOW

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 »

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