20 Jul 2015
by Jim Rose
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles
Tags: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, conspiracy theories, Index of Economic Freedom, Leftover Left, Mont Pelerin Society, neoliberalism, Twitter left, Venezuela
All was quiet on the neoliberalism front in Latin America for the last 20 years. In yet another defeat for the Mont Pelerin Society led transnational conspiracy, economic freedom has been pretty stable in Chile for 20 years and in the serious decline in Venezuela and Argentina – see figure 1. Not much happening in Brazil either on the neoliberalism front – see figure 1. I’ve always had my doubts about the ability of a transnational conspiracy to be led by a society with such a crappy website.
Figure 1: Index of Economic Freedom, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Venezuela, 95 – 2015
Source: Index of Economic Freedom 2015.
17 Jul 2015
by Jim Rose
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics
Tags: capitalism and freedom, child mortality, child poverty, extreme poverty, infant mortality rates, life expectancies, millennium development goals, The Great Escape
Although there has been a dramatic decline in deaths, most children still die from causes that are readily preventable or curable with existing interventions. Pneumonia, diarrhea, and malaria are the leading causes, accounting for 30 percent under-five deaths
via MDG4: A dramatic decline in child mortality over the last 20 years | Open Data.
17 Jul 2015
by Jim Rose
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, liberalism
Tags: capitalism and freedom, Deirdre McCloskey, life expectancies, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact, top 1%
17 Jul 2015
by Jim Rose
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of education, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, Marxist economics, Public Choice
Tags: capitalism and freedom, China, fall of communism, Leftover Left, transitional economies
16 Jul 2015
by Jim Rose
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, economics of religion, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, financial economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, liberalism, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle, transport economics, urban economics
Tags: Deirdre McCloskey, entrepreneurial alertness, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact, top 1%
15 Jul 2015
by Jim Rose
in applied welfare economics, development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles
Tags: climate alarmists, free-riders, game theory, global climate treaties, Green alarmists, healthier is wealthier, international treaties, richer is safer
15 Jul 2015
by Jim Rose
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, technological progress
Tags: activists, do gooders, extreme poverty, global poverty, infant mortality, Left-wing hypocrisy, life expectancies, mass kidnappings, ODA, overseas aid, Oxfam, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
14 Jul 2015
by Jim Rose
in development economics, energy economics, environmentalism, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, Public Choice, rentseeking
Tags: air pollution, climate alarmists, expressive voting, global warming, green hypocrisy, indoor pollution, Kuznets curve, rational irrationality, The Great Escape
14 Jul 2015
by Jim Rose
in applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, liberalism, Marxist economics, Public Choice
Tags: extreme poverty, global poverty, ODA, overseas aid, Oxfam, professional activists, professional do-gooders, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
Previous Older Entries Next Newer Entries
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
Recent Comments