Capitalism and Freedom

Earlier this morning, I came across the latest release of data on the distribution of federal taxes and household income, published by the C...

Art Laffer discusses some negative implications of death tax in WSJ ( link ).

European Commission has recently published the interim forecast for GDP, inflation, unemployment and balance of payments in the euroarea ( l...

The issue of pension reform is definitely the most challenging macroeconomic issue in the time to come. Faced with unfavorable demographic s...

WSJ reports that French president is under pressure of labor unions to raise taxes on the wealthy as an act of solidarity ( link ). Meanwhil...

The Fed declared that it would buy as much as $300 billion of long-term treasury securities and even more in mortgage-backed securities. Whi...

Antonio Fatas and Ilian Mihov of INSEAD have launched an interesting blog on global economic issues ( link ).

UMAR has issued the latest edition of Slovenian Economic Mirror ( link ).

Here is a link to Christina Romer's speech about the lessons from the Great Depression and the economic recovery of 2009, presented yes...

A new study by IMF ( link ) suggests a framework for fiscal policy during recessionary periods. IMF admits that discretionary fiscal policy ...

Back in 2005, Vaclav Klaus delivered a great speech ( link ) on why there is a huge and remarkable inclination of intellectuals towards the ...

Christy Romer is on the pro side of the fiscal stimulus ( link ).

Here ( link ) is the availible data on density of trade union membership in OECD between 1960 and 2007. The membership in trade unions has b...

Dan Mitchell wrote an article arguing against Obama's spending stiumulus ( here and here ). Meanwhile, major European economies are suf...

A campaign against tax havens has been launched by the British PM ( link ).

Source: WSJ ( link )

Hannes Gisurarsson's opinion in the WSJ ( link ) summarized the timeline and details that flipped Icelandic economy into the financial c...

John Steele Gordon wrote an article ( link ) about the history of U.S. national debt in the twilight of CBO's estimate of $1.2 trillion ...

Bloomberg has published an article about the recessionary expectations in Slovenia ( link ). The article outlined concerns over a potential ...

WSJ and Heritage Foundation have released the annual 2009 Index of economic freedom ( link ). This year, countries with high score on econom...