The newest Kaizen Weekly Review is out. Readings on: * Should CEOs speak up on social issues? * 8 things every person should do before 8:00 a.m. * The rise and fall of Argentina. * How China may be stepping back from the free-market, pro-business policies that transformed it into the world’s No. 2 economy. […]
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I’m happy to announce that the print Spanish translation is now also available in Kindle e-book version. Nietzsche y los Nazis Traducido al Español por Luis Kofman. Barbarroja Ediciones, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2016. Inglés y otras traducciones.
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I’m giving a lecture on July 1, 2017 at an invitation-only event organized by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation in Buenos Aires. Other speakers during the afternoon and evening event include Gabriel Zanotti, María Marty, and Alberto Benegas Lynch. Thanks to Marcelo Duclos for the invitation.
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At ESEADE University in Buenos Aires, Argentina, three professors will debate the merits and demerits of liberalism — based on my “Liberalism: The Fifteen Best Arguments,” published recently in Reason Papers.
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I am quite the international trader, it turns out. Earlier today I put on my made-in-Argentina jacket and my new made-in-India shoes and got into my made-in-Japan truck. I stopped for gas at a British petroleum station and chatted with its owner, a guy from Mexico. To help pay for it all, I taught my
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Some items from the 2017 Index of Economic Freedom that stood out to me: * USA falls from 11th to 17th. * United Arab Emirates rises from 25th to 8th. * Chile falls from 7th to 10th. * Argentina rises from 169th to 156th. * Poland falls slightly from 42nd to 45th. * Guatemala rises
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Donald Trump’s astonishing election victory was in part a backlash against increasingly corrupt American politics. Transparency International publishes an annual Corruption Perceptions Index, ranking all nations from most to least clean in their political conduct. The United States entered the twenty-first century by falling out of the top ten. Scandinavian nations such as Finland, Denmark, and Sweden
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What explains the dramatic differences in economic performance between the two Americas? Take some World Bank GDP numbers — one measure of economic success. We want people to make an adequate living, especially poor people who are struggling. And if we are ambitious, we want people to live the good life — including expensive things
Comparing North and Latin America Economic Performance [Good Life series] Read More »
Some parts of the world really are environmental Hells. They are dirty and depleted, making them unhealthy and economically unsustainable. We can argue about the severity of various places’ problems, but I want to focus on another aspect of the debate: determining accurately the causes of the degradation so we can focus productively on finding
Blamestorming and Environmental Problems (Part I) [Good Life series] Read More »
Bad things happen in free markets. Some people lie, cut corners, commit fraud, and write bad checks. Others renege on contracts, offer or accept bribes, give kickbacks, embezzle, and more. Often this translates into an argument for government regulation. Free markets maximize liberty, the argument runs, so they give much more scope to immoral individuals,
Corruption—Is It Worse in Free or Government-Regulated Markets? [Good Life series] Read More »