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Distortions of welfare populism |
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Thursday, 24 January 2013 13:33 |
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Written by Nonoy Oplas
http://www.thelobbyist.biz/index.php/perspectives/less-government/item/144-distortions-of-welfare-populism
Additional notes during the EFN Asia conference in Hong Kong last November.
As more countries around the world have abandoned socialism and economic central and embraced the market economy, their economies have progressed significantly and poverty has been drastically reduced. This is particularly true in socialist China and Vietnam, and the former Soviet republics and Eastern Europe.
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Global economy to grow by a weak 2.4% in 2013 |
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Thursday, 17 January 2013 10:04 |
 The new Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report has been released. According to the report, developing countries growth in 2013 is expected to be robust at more than 5.5 percent, but 1-2 percentage points below what it was during the pre-crisis period. To regain those growth rates, developing countries will have to look within, by undertaking through productivity-enhancing investments in infrastructure, health and education.
Growth in high-income countries has been downgraded from earlier forecasts, at 1.3 percent for 2012 and 2013. In the Euro Area, growth is now projected to only return to positive territory in 2014, with GDP expected to contract by 0.1 percent in 2013.
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Remembering James M. Buchanan |
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Friday, 11 January 2013 10:02 |
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 It is with sadness that we announce the January 9, 2013 passing of James M. Buchanan, Nobel laureate in economics and a founding member of the Fraser Institute’s Editorial Advisory Board. EFN Asia joins Professor Buchanan’s family, friends and colleagues around the world in mourning his loss and celebrating his life and achievements.
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Hong Kong Leads World, Region in Economic Freedom, 2013 Index Shows |
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Monday, 14 January 2013 15:34 |
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HONG KONG LEADS WORLD, REGION IN ECONOMIC FREEDOM, 2013 INDEX SHOWS
HONG KONG, JAN. 10, 2013—The Asia-Pacific region is home to the world’s freest economy—and its most repressed. For the 19th consecutive year, Hong Kong maintained its top position, while North Korea languishes at the bottom, according to the 2013 Index of Economic Freedom, published annually by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation.
Launched in 1995, the Index evaluates countries in four broad areas of economic freedom: rule of law; regulatory efficiency; limited government; and open markets. Based on its aggregate score, each of 177 countries graded in the 2013 Index was classified as “free” (i.e. combined scores of 80 or higher); “mostly free” (70-79.9); “moderately free” (60-69.9); “mostly unfree” (50-59.9); or “repressed” (under 50).
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The seminar “Reflecting on ‘Chongqing Model ’: System and Thought” |
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Monday, 07 January 2013 12:07 |
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 The Unirule Institute of Economics held the Seminar “Reflecting on ‘chongqing model ’: system and thought”jointly with Sina Blog in Beijing on December 26th, 2012.
Prof.Sheng Hong, Prof.Yao Zhongqiu ,Prof Xu Youyu, Prof. Hu Xingdou , Prof . Yang Fan , Dr. Yang Junfeng and Mr.Zhang Xiang were invited to the seminar and reached a consensus :Reflectiing on "chongqing model" is a reflection on the Chinese model.We should reflect on how "Chongqing model" came about, make clear the history of Cultural Revolution behind the Chongqing political events, and analyze the potential mechanism for its occurrence from a more widely and deeply perspective of history, rather than stay in the criticism of "Chongqing model" from a narrow criticism perspective.
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