Showing posts with label economic development. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economic development. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Quote of the Day: GDP Measure Will Never Be Correct

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'Valid,' talking about the GDP measure, would be the question whether the GDP estimate is correct . Does it capture the real econ...
Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Quote of the Day: Freedom and Wealth

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To say that freedom creates prosperity is convenient shorthand. To be more precise, freedom provides a conducive environment in which...
Saturday, August 11, 2012

Olympic Medals and Economic Health

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The state of a nation’s economy seem to have a tight correlationship with the score of Olympic medals acquired. As New York University’s W...
Friday, April 13, 2012

Video: Economic Freedom is about Improving People's Lives

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There is no alternative path to economic prosperity than through economic freedom. (hat tip Professor Bob Murphy)
Sunday, January 15, 2012

I Told You Moment: Philippine Phisix At Historic Highs!

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This is the fundamental problem with relying on macro-accounting tautologies; people often bring in causal arguments from economic theories ...
Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Russia’s Vladimir Putin Calls US a ‘Parasite’ Economy

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From Reuters , Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused the United States Monday of living beyond its means "like a parasite...
Saturday, July 30, 2011

Graphic: A Prospering World

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From USAID (sourced from Professor Don Boudreaux 's Cafe Hayek) From USAID , More interesting is the shift over the last two ...
Monday, June 13, 2011

Video: Cato and Fraser Institute on the Economic Freedom of The World Report

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The Fraser Institute and Cato Institutes discusses the Economic Freedom of The World Report which shows the strong relationship between econ...
Friday, June 10, 2011

A Booming Anarcho-Capitalist City in India?

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At the Mises Blog , Stephan Kinsella points to this fascinating article about a booming city in India. Gurgaon appears to operate on a ver...
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Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Socialism on its Way Out in Europe?

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That’s what the Economist claims , (bold highlights mine) TEN years ago almost half of the 27 countries that now make up the European U...
Saturday, May 28, 2011

World Bank: Freedom and Liberty As Recipe To Prosperity!

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The World Bank seems to have experienced an epiphany. A recent research paper arrives at the conclusion that the formula to social prosper...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Despite The Disaster, Japan Reports Less Incidence Of Looting

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Despite the horrible disaster, Professor William Easterly posits a very interesting observation and asks, why has there been no looting in J...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

Commodities And The Good Life

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In a book review, the ever brilliant Matt Ridley narrates how commodities has contributed to economic progress and our good life. An excer...