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Thursday, November 29, 2007

JAPAN'S HYBRID INNOVATION: NEW ECONOMIC MODEL

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The Economist published an article on Japan's business and economic performance. The article outlines the periodic evolution of the Jap...

FRANCE'S STREET RIOT SHOWDOWN

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Weak property rights, excessive government burden and the lack of rule of law have led to street riots in France. The Economist has publishe...
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Monday, November 26, 2007

LAFFER CURVE IN MONTENEGRO

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Last year, Montenegro's parliament adopted a 15 percent flat tax on personal income. Tax rate on corporate profits was set at 9 percent ...
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AUSTRIA'S PROPELLING PATH TOWARDS PROSPERITY

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The Economist has published four highly interesting reports on Austria's economic development ( here , here , here and here ). In addit...

SWITZERLAND VS. EU

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The EU recently persecuted Switzerland because because bureaucrats in Brussels believe that Swiss market-friendly model of cantonal tax comp...

CROATIA'S EXPOSURE TO MACROECONOMIC CRISIS

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In recent years, external indebtedness of Croatia has grown at the fastest pace in Europe. Croatia is, after Lebanon, the country most depen...

AFTER YEARS OF TREMENDOUS GROWTH, THE ECONOMY OF ICELAND FEELS THE HEAT

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Financial Times just recently posted an article about the macroeconomic and financial prospects of Iceland regarding recent turmoil in fina...
Sunday, November 25, 2007

CONSUMPTION, WELFARE AND ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE

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The OECD recently released a new international comparsion of GDP and consumption per capita ( link ). GDP is the most frequently used measur...

WILL GUAM BE THE NEXT FLAT TAX JURISDICTION?

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As a territory outside the U.S., Guam has an ability to choose and design its own tax system. However, the jurisdiction's current tax le...
Thursday, November 22, 2007

PAUL A. SAMUELSON ON CURRENT ISSUES

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Paul A. Samuelson, a Nobel laureate and the author of the Economics textbooks portrays the perspective on current issues . Link: Paul A. Sam...
Friday, November 16, 2007

SLOVENIA GOING SLOW ON PRIVATIZATION

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Here is a note from Economist on Slovenia: Slovenia was already economically advanced by regional standards when it gained independence, so ...
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Thursday, November 15, 2007

STREET SOCIALISM IS THE LAST SHELTER OF SCOUNDREL

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Following the headlines of the international media, Slovenia is a fine land consisting of happy people, whose country's nobility is enri...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

THE EFFICIENCY OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE VERSUS GOVERNMENT FAILURE

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"Everything the government does, private enterprise can do for half the cost." -- Milton Friedman Just a few days ago, Dallas Fed ...
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Monday, November 12, 2007

FLAT TAX EXPANDS INTO GEORGIA

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Alvin Rabushka of the Hoover Institution briefly outlines the adoption of the flat tax in Georgia as well as the implications of the tax ref...
Wednesday, November 07, 2007

CONGRATULATIONS, DR. GARY BECKER

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Nobel winning economist and a professor of economics at the University of Chicago, dr. Gary Becker ( here , here and here ) has won the Med...

THE PARADOX OF FARM SUBSIDIES: EUROPEAN UNION SHOULD ABOLISH FARM SUBSIDIES

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The Economist shows graphically that farm subsidies are decreasing. Between 2004 and 2006, the average OECD expenditure on farm subsidies w...

REGIONAL OUTPUT GROWTH IN CHINA

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Dozens of popular opinions have claimed that the size of government and state-owned enterprises does not actually and potentially affect gro...
Thursday, November 01, 2007

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: THE GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS REPORT 2007-2008

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The World Economic Forum released the global ranking of economic competitiveness . The essence of the report is to highlight the areas of co...
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

MONTENEGRO'S ROAD TO FREE MARKET ECONOMY

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The International Monetary Fund recently released the report on Montenegro's overall economic performance, emphasising basic fiscal and ...
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Monday, October 29, 2007

DEMOCRACY IN SLOVENIA - A GRAVEYARD SLUT

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by Rado PEZDIR In the fall filled with two national referendas regarding whether Triglav , Slovenia 's largest government-owned insura...
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