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Thursday, May 31, 2007
TAX RATE CONVERGING WITH THE GROWTH RATE
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Here is an opinion why Sweden needs corporate and individual income tax cut to stay matched up with global and regional competitors such as...
GOING FOR GROWTH: LESSONS FROM SWEDEN
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In an article published in Korea Herald , Assar Lindbeck , a professor of international economics at Stockholm University , wrote about thre...
EDUCATION AND VALUE: THE PURSUIT OF QUALITY AND CHOICE
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"Try to speak French with someone who was educated in public school and then try to speak it with Berlitz graduate." - Milton Frie...
BEYOND THE SWEDISH MODEL
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I recently went through Carl Bildt's post on The Legacy of Olof Palme . As an economist, I'm rather interested in how the economic ...
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
COMPETITIVE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR WITHOUT FARM SUBSIDIES
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Kristyn Birrell wrote a brief article on how successfully New Zealand has switched from agricultural subsidies to free market farming. As s...
Thursday, May 17, 2007
HIGH TAX BURDEN UNDERMINES THE PERFORMANCE AND GROWTH OF CROATIAN ECONOMY
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Via, Dan Mitchell , I came across the article Croatian Tax System is Modern and Competitive , publish in Austrian newspaper Der Standard . O...
Friday, May 11, 2007
IMD WORLD COMPETITIVENESS 2007
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A few days ago I notice the release of this year's IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook announcing 2007 results of the overall ranking of...
Sunday, May 06, 2007
MILTON FRIEDMAN ON THE MIRACLE OF CHILE
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"I have nothing good to say about the political regime that Pinochet imposed. It was a terrible political regime. The real miracle of C...
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Thursday, May 03, 2007
LIBERTY, TECHNOLOGY AND GROWTH: SINGAPORE'S ROARING ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
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Yesterday, I noted an article published in New York Times, Singapore Makes a Pitch to Draw the Wealthy , describing a remarkably fast transf...
Friday, April 27, 2007
LABOR MARKET REFORM AND DEREGULATION
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Early this morning, I came across the article published in Wall Street Journal where Daniel Schwammenthal writes about the agony of unemplo...
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Monday, April 23, 2007
WHY WAL-MART SHOULD NOT LAUNCH RETAIL VENTURE IN ARGENTINA
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A new study conducted by a group of professionals on Fuqua School of Business has examined the impact of Wal-Mart entry in Argentina. Desp...
FINLAND AND ESTONIA - EXTRACTION POINT FOR RUSSIAN HIGH-GROWING MARKET
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Historically, Estonia and Finland have been an important trade route between Western Europe and the Eastern region. For exports, this route ...
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Sunday, April 22, 2007
PERIODIC GDP GROWTH WEAKER IN THE U.S.
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The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 1,8 percent compared to 2,5 percent gain in previous year. The growth has been depressed by the l...
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
SWITZERLAND ENDORSES TAX CUTS TO PROPEL HEDGE FUND INVESTMENT
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Switzerland enjoys a high level of reputation as of the countries with the lowest share of tax burden. In Europe, Swiss hedge fund regulatio...
Monday, April 16, 2007
NORDICS AND THE UNITED STATES
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Today, we had an opportunity to join Cato daily podcast entitled "Should the United States Be More Like Scandinavia?" featuring J...
LOW-ENERGY PC
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Hewlett-Packard, and a Taiwanese chipmaker Via Technologies have managed to launch the first PC running on little energy to cover the demand...
MART LAAR ON THE FLAT TAX
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The Stanford Review published an interview with former Estonian prime minister Mart Laar , discussing the benefits of flat tax in Estonia, ...
Friday, April 13, 2007
NORWAY PENSION FUND LIFTS EQUITIES EXPOSURE - A LESSON FOR SLOVENIA
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Financial Times reports that Norway's $300 bn government pension fund is to increase dramatically by exposing to global equities from 4...
ESTONIA AND EURO
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As a fast growing Baltic tiger, Estonia enjoy high rates of GDP growth and real convergence rate. Macroeconomic policy has successfully stre...
Thursday, April 12, 2007
ALBANIA IMPLEMENTS 10% FLAT TAX
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Albania, a country situated in Southern Europe, has recently announced a strong streamline in fiscal reform. The reform proposal includes t...
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