Economic freedom is the only surefire way that humans have discovered to create wealth.
From my monthly roundup of links - see below. https://t.co/NePucRkxcA
Economic freedom is the only surefire way that humans have discovered to create wealth. From my monthly roundup of links - see below. https://t.co/NePucRkxcA
The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All The Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better: A Penguin eSpecial from Dutton
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beneficial role of freer markets, more open societies, and better governance in spurring economic growth.
Luis M. A. Bettencourt • Introduction to Urban Science: Evidence and Theory of Cities as Complex Systems
four “pillars of economic freedom”: rule of law, government size, regulatory efficiency, and open markets.
Andrew McAfee • More From Less
For a country to be rich—that is, for its average citizen to enjoy a high standard of living—it must depend on productivity, which is the ability to make more, better stuff with the labor it already has. Productivity itself depends on two factors: capital and ideas.
Greg Ip • The Little Book of Economics: How the Economy Works in the Real World (Little Books. Big Profits)
Richer countries, on average, fight fewer wars with each other (chapter 11), are less likely to be riven by civil wars (chapter 11), are more likely to become and stay democratic (chapter 14), and have greater respect for human rights (chapter 14—on average, that is; Arab oil states are rich but repressive). The citizens of richer countries have gr
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