Free Markets and Income Inequality - No Obvious Association
A fine little piece in the Financial Times today, discusses the association between income inequality and Anglo-American style free-market capitalism. To everyones surprise, no obvious correlation exists. Some months ago I did a few simple analyses of the same problem, and neither found no correlation on a broad scale. It also confirms other more scientifically elaborate results discovered by scholars in the field. There is an interesting point to the article, that I was not aware of, however (even though it seems an obvious explanation, especially given the nature of economic development over the last decades - you know, all that stuff with the knowledge economy): income inequality seems to be associated with the quality of secondary education. (more…)
Er Jens-Peter Bonde blevet liberal?
Jeg faldt lige tilfældigvis over dette indlæg af Jens-Peter Bonde fra Juni-bevægelsen (den der socialistiske anti-EU-bevægelse, hvis nogen skulle være i tvivl). Det der slog mig var at de punkter den socialistiske Bonde fremhæver, burde være fremsat af en liberal - det er liberal kritik af EU. Se f.eks. dette her:
“3. Alle udgifter med tilskud fra skatteborgere skal være frit tilgængelige på Internettet, med mindre man beslutter en begrundet undtagelse. “
Transparens er altid godt - ikke at jeg tror at det hjælper noget, da vi jo sådan set har noget lignende herhjemme - men hvornår har du lige sidst tjekket Finansministeriets Finanslovsdatabase? Og hvor mange har reelt (more…)
