All Posts Tagged With: "Brazil"

Reed Talks Trade at Liberty Forum in Brazil

In April FEE president Lawrence W. Reed was a guest at Liberty Forum in Brazil, where he discussed the benefits of trade and the role of Internet. Tyler Cowen, the George Mason University economics professor and Marginal Revolution blogger, also participated.

6Jul2011 | Tsvetelin M. Tsonevski | 2 comments | Continued

Good News! New Spontaneous Rainforest Orders

The Jan. 30 front page NYT article (“New Jungles Prompt a Debate on Saving Primeval Rain Forests”) does a nice job of reporting the benefits of economic growth in Brazil and Central America.As economies grow, people leave the rural areas for jobs in or near cities.  Jungles are less competitive for most agricultural uses, compared [...]

4Feb2009 | Greg Rehmke | 0 comments | Continued

Infatuated with Politics

The most striking fact about modern-day “liberals” is their thoroughgoing infatuation with politics. In their worldview, almost every objective should be pursued through legislation, regulation, or legal action. It’s a reflex. What distinguishes liberals is not their objectives, which range from the laudable to the ridiculous, but their insistence that politics is the best or [...]

1Jul2005 | George C. Leef | 0 comments | Continued

Traitor or Trader?

Daniel Sumner is in trouble. Sumner, an agricultural economist at UC Davis, has been accused of betraying his country. What has Sumner done? Given the charge, you might assume that he has aided terrorists or leaked nuclear secrets. Or perhaps shared some sophisticated technology with America’s enemies.

1Sep2004 | Russell Roberts | 1 comment | Continued

The Race to the Top

The inveterate complainers who jump at any opportunity to smash windows to protest globalization are fond of saying that globalization means “a race to the bottom.” Supposedly, unfettered worldwide trade and competition are bad because they will drive down wages, living standards, environmental conditions, and so on. Just as Karl Marx tried to frighten people [...]

1Jul2002 | George C. Leef | 0 comments | Continued

The Global Education Industry: Lessons from Private Education in Developing Countries

After all the privatizations of the Thatcher years, the British-maintained school system is one of the two largest industries that still remain under state ownership and control. (The other is the National Health Service.) Both are effectively monopolistic and therefore liable to all the notorious faults of monopolies, particularly those run by the government. State [...]

1Sep2000 | Antony Flew | 0 comments | Continued

Comparative Advantage Continued

The concept of comparative advantage, which I began discussing last month, is a straightforward application of opportunity cost and is almost embarrassingly simple. Certainly people have no trouble understanding and recognizing the importance of this concept in their own personal lives.

1Nov1999 | Dwight R. Lee | 0 comments | Continued

High Plains Drifters: Politicians’ Lucrative Protection Racket

Fred McChesney teaches at Cornell Law School and is the author of Money for Nothing: Politicians, Rent Extraction and Political Extortion (Harvard University Press, 1997). “Politicians are interested in people. Not that this is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs.” —P. J. O’Rourke The idea that politicians sell special favors to special interests [...]

1Jan1998 | Fred S. McChesney | 1 comment | Continued

How Fishing Communities Protect Their Future

Donald R. Leal is a senior associate of PERC. More examples of community-run fisheries can be found in his paper Community-Run Fisheries: Avoiding the Tragedy of the Commons (September 1996), published by PERC, 502 S. 19th Ave., Suite 211, Bozeman, MT 59718.) At the beginning of this century, violence periodically erupted among the community of [...]

1Feb1997 | Don Leal | 0 comments | Continued

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