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Friday, February 29, 2008

REFORMS AND GROWTH: THE NEW SWEDISH MODEL

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Fredrik Reinfeldt, Sweden's prime minister delivered a lecture at London School of Economics and Political Science where he defined how ...
Tuesday, February 26, 2008

TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE BENEFITS OF GLOBALIZATION

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The reality could hardly agree with growing anti-globalist tenstions in Western Europe ( link ) that globalisation boosts unemployment and t...
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HUNGARY'S FREE-FLOATING EXCHANGE RATE

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Earlier, I posted an article about Hungary's low-growth epidemics emerged from a misguided economic policy. Hungary, known for a stagge...
Saturday, February 23, 2008

GERMANY'S FISCAL AGGRESSION

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In a continuing and overpowering war against low-tax jurisdictions ( link ), German government hit out a tax attack on the Principality of L...
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FLAT TAX IN POLAND?

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Poland, the biggest economy in central Europe might introduce a low and single-rated flat tax ( link )
Friday, February 22, 2008

THE AGE OF MILTON FRIEDMAN

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While reading prof. Mankiw's blog , I came across Andrei Schleifer's new working paper entitled The Age of Milton Friedman has draw...
Sunday, February 17, 2008

HUNGARY'S LOW GROWTH DISEASE

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When studying and/or doing a job in macroeconomics, it is important to keep an eye on three ke y features: economic growth, inflation and un...
Monday, February 11, 2008

MY READING LIST IN THESE DAYS

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In previous days, there has been much less blogging on my blog due to study course and a growing list of obligations regarding studying and ...
Tuesday, February 05, 2008

THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS FREE LUNCH IN HEALTH-CARE

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The U.K. Daily Telegraph reports on the persistent sentiments to limit and ration the access to health-care services for older people and i...
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GERMANY'S REGULATION AGENDA

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As a response to subprime mortgage crisis, German government suggested further unilateral tightening of bank regulation as a step to prevent...

INDIA'S OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT

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The Economist Intelligence Unit has just published a brief article, outlining recent slewing of rules, some rigidity and entry barriers to f...
Monday, January 28, 2008

R&D, ENTREPRENEURIAL EDGE AND COMPETITIVENESS

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Dani Rodrik recently published a post entitled How Ireland does it , where he cited an article from The New York Times about the competiti...
Thursday, January 24, 2008

WHEN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES A STRIKE

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In Slovenia, judicial branch of government recently announced a strike, claiming that judges are underpaid and demanding an initial wage inc...
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

PRO-GROWTH REFORMS IN GEORGIA

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Wall Street Journal reported about an ambitious market liberalization and pro-growth economic and tax policy in Georgia (former Soviet stat...

IRELAND'S HIGH PERSONAL TAX RATES

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Despite an attractive corporate tax scheme, Ireland suffers from punitive taxation of personal income. Indeed, throughout the years of pro-g...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

ECONOMIC FREEDOM IN 2008

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In a mutual cooperation, Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal issued a new 2008 Index of Economic Freedom ( link ). The index measure...
Thursday, January 17, 2008

TRADE UNIONS, WAGES AND INFLATION

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Slovenia's labor market is known for an extensive regulation and barriers that hinder productivity growth. According to the latest Index...
Tuesday, January 15, 2008

INDEX OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM 2008

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Heritage Foundation and Wall Street Journal have recently released the newest 2008 Index of Economic Freedom ( link ).
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Monday, January 14, 2008

THE BENEFITS OF FREE TRADE

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"No nation was ever ruined by trade." ...
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THE VOICE OF CLASSICAL LIBERALISM

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There is an important incoming change in the Slovenian political market. After almost two decades of political parties whose ideology has be...
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