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Below you'll find a list of all posts from November, 2013

The new Age of Intervention risks hurting the very people it seeks to help

Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) Head of Economic Research Ryan Bourne argues that “the least we can do is hold …

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Thanksgiving as the Birth of American Free Enterprise

This time of the year, whether in good economic times or bad, is when Americans gather with their families and …

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Herbert Davenport’s Economics of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship: A Centenary Appreciation

First published at In Defense of Capitalism & Human Progress and posted here the kind permission of the author. This …

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Is the PM the Man for Nitty-Gritty?

Published in The Tribune November 18, 2013 and posted here with the kind permission of the author. The Nassau Institute …

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Response to Statement by an IMF Mission to The Bahamas

"An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, headed by Mr. Mbuyamu Matungulu, visited The Bahamas during November 3–16 to conduct discussions …

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Lessons from the Great German Inflation

Inflation is a dangerous and devastating monetary policy to be followed by any government. Ninety years ago, on November 15, …

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Citizens for a Better Bahamas Launch

My name is Tamara van Breugel and I am a citizen of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas. I am a …

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China’s statist turn: hubris to nemesis?

Economic rebalancing would strike at the heart of the Communist Party of China’s interests First published at the Business Standard …

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Is the US on a Peronist Path?

The US and Peronist Argentina: a comparison In recent years, especially since Obama became president, many have pondered if the …

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So, I would argue that the services have been I think disappointing is putting it mildly. They've been disastrous. They've been appallingly bad. Much worse than would have existed, even if no welfare state had been created. In fact I would argue especially if no welfare state had been created, because the systems that existed before were very substantial and growing and improving dramatically. But they weren't perfect, and that is in a way is the great trouble with the development of welfare states. You have a system that's not perfect but actually doing quite a lot of good stuff and then someone comes along and says, "ah, we can make this perfection. And so we can make this much better. We will have free for everybody, high class whatever it is." And the result is you have lower standards and it doesn't work out at all. And that's, the desire for perfection can be very dangerous.James Bartholomew
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