Showing posts with label regulatory failure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label regulatory failure. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

In India, Child Labor Ban Leads to More Child Labor

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Just one of the many examples of how noble-sounding statutes backfire when faced with economic reality.  From the Wall Street Journal R...
Tuesday, June 04, 2013

In Beijing, Property Curbs Fail to Stop Bubbles

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When authorities say that regulations would do the wonders of effecting price controls, they are mostly propagandizing. That's because ...
Thursday, September 06, 2012

World Competitiveness: Philippines Jumps to 65th Place

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The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently released, The Global Competitiveness Report for 2012-2013 which attempts to measure relative compet...
Thursday, May 17, 2012

How Government Policies Contributed to JP Morgan’s Blunder

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Author and derivatives manager Satyajit Das, ironically a neoliberal, has a superb article at the Minyanville , which elaborates on how regu...
Tuesday, February 15, 2011

A Map Of The World’s Drinking Habits

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Interesting article from the Economist THE world drank the equivalent of 6.1 litres of pure alcohol per person in 2005, according to a ...
Thursday, February 10, 2011

Doug Casey On Corruption: Laws Create Corruption And Corruption Engenders Laws

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Investment guru Doug Casey in this conversation gives a trenchant insight of the mechanics of corruption On his definition of corruption:...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

More Regulations Equals More Politics

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In an egroup message, several former schoolmates decried on the pervading corrupting influence of politics in the state of the Philippine ed...
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Will A Ban on ‘Texting While Driving’ Reduce Accidents?

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In examining accidents, the intuitive response by policymakers is to look at the immediate cause and subsequently apply restrictions on it....
Saturday, May 22, 2010

Hernando De Soto: Unclear Property Rights And Complex Rules Led To Market Crashes

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In a recent interview , the illustrious economist Hernando De Soto, author of The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the Wes...
Friday, June 19, 2009

Graphic: 7 (+1) Ingredients That Led To Today's Financial Crisis

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Interesting graphic on the anatomy of today's crisis [hat tip: Barry Ritholtz /wallstats.com] I'd like to add an 8th variable; polic...
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Monday, June 15, 2009

Nicolas Kristof: Why The War On Drugs Is A Failure

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The war on drugs seems to have turned out like the US prohibition of alcohol or the "Volstead Act" in the 1920s. The consequence...