Comments on: The 2009 Index of Economic Freedom http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/13/the-2009-index-of-economic-freedom/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:29:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: It's Economic Liberty, Stupid! Capitol Commentary http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/13/the-2009-index-of-economic-freedom/#comment-267098 It's Economic Liberty, Stupid! Capitol Commentary Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:02:28 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2009/01/13/the-2009-index-of-economic-freedom/#comment-267098 [...] at the chart below, courtesy of the Heritage Foundation… would you want to live in any of those countries which rank low in terms of economic [...] [...] at the chart below, courtesy of the Heritage Foundation… would you want to live in any of those countries which rank low in terms of economic [...]

]]> By: Paul, Ireland http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/13/the-2009-index-of-economic-freedom/#comment-54169 Paul, Ireland Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:15:09 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2009/01/13/the-2009-index-of-economic-freedom/#comment-54169 Yeah all this mattered once upon a time when we humans had standards. And look what they're doing to the states. They're butchering that place. California and Michican are on the edge if not bankrupt already. The federal government are getting their tentacles into those states in particular as they swoop into to take ownership of the defaulters. They may lose their economic freedom and California - the region I credit with doing the most for the world with it's high level of freedom - may now become un-free. I'm typing this now on a PC. The world may have never got personal computers were it not for their economic freedom in California (from Apple). It was all 'technology is for big business only. You can all go and jump' before Xerox and Apple etc. How is that fair? The police state is coming if we don't act. No to lisbon ii Yeah all this mattered once upon a time when we humans had standards. And look what they're doing to the states. They're butchering that place. California and Michican are on the edge if not bankrupt already. The federal government are getting their tentacles into those states in particular as they swoop into to take ownership of the defaulters. They may lose their economic freedom and California – the region I credit with doing the most for the world with it's high level of freedom – may now become un-free. I'm typing this now on a PC. The world may have never got personal computers were it not for their economic freedom in California (from Apple). It was all 'technology is for big business only. You can all go and jump'

before Xerox and Apple etc. How is that fair? The police state is coming if we don't act. No to lisbon ii

]]> By: italy http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/13/the-2009-index-of-economic-freedom/#comment-22438 italy Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:09:13 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2009/01/13/the-2009-index-of-economic-freedom/#comment-22438 With all due respect I would not follow your advice because those who ignored you and put their investment in Zimbabwe are now better off than some of us who followed your biased advice and put money in madagascar or the west african guineas which have now descended into chaos and dj rule. With all due respect I would not follow your advice because those who ignored you and put their investment in Zimbabwe are now better off than some of us who followed your biased advice and put money in madagascar or the west african guineas which have now descended into chaos and dj rule.

]]> By: Capitalists on the defensive | Renegade Futurist http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/13/the-2009-index-of-economic-freedom/#comment-21496 Capitalists on the defensive | Renegade Futurist Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:42:08 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2009/01/13/the-2009-index-of-economic-freedom/#comment-21496 [...] it individual freedom has also been discredited by the persistent human rights abuses in Singapore (one of the most “economically free” places in the world) compared to the more economically regulated nation of Norway. You can’t make a convincing [...] [...] it individual freedom has also been discredited by the persistent human rights abuses in Singapore (one of the most “economically free” places in the world) compared to the more economically regulated nation of Norway. You can’t make a convincing [...]

]]> By: Wonk Room » McConnell: Employee Free Choice Will ‘Fundamentally Harm’ And ‘Europeanize America’ http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/13/the-2009-index-of-economic-freedom/#comment-14303 Wonk Room » McConnell: Employee Free Choice Will ‘Fundamentally Harm’ And ‘Europeanize America’ Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:25:15 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2009/01/13/the-2009-index-of-economic-freedom/#comment-14303 [...] “fundamentally harm and Europeanize America,” it is worth pointing out that — even using data from the conservative Heritage Foundation — countries with the highest degree of [...] [...] “fundamentally harm and Europeanize America,” it is worth pointing out that — even using data from the conservative Heritage Foundation — countries with the highest degree of [...]

]]> By: Edwin Buck, New Mexi http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/13/the-2009-index-of-economic-freedom/#comment-13195 Edwin Buck, New Mexi Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:23:13 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2009/01/13/the-2009-index-of-economic-freedom/#comment-13195 Economic freedom means having the government out of our pockets, out of the pockets of our financial institutions, Industries, and every thing else that we do, as long as what we do is legal. Unfortunately, our government has decided that they must stick their noses into everything we do, legally. And if there are no laws, that what they do is legal, they will make one up to make it legal, what they do, I mean. Economic freedom means having the government out of our pockets, out of the pockets of our financial institutions, Industries, and every thing else that we do, as long as what we do is legal. Unfortunately, our government has decided that they must stick their noses into everything we do, legally. And if there are no laws, that what they do is legal, they will make one up to make it legal, what they do, I mean.

]]> By: Libertas, France http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/13/the-2009-index-of-economic-freedom/#comment-13119 Libertas, France Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:06:42 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2009/01/13/the-2009-index-of-economic-freedom/#comment-13119 Please join the Facebook group of Libertarian bloggers : <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=40644723076" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=40644723076</a> Please join the Facebook group of Libertarian bloggers : http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=40644723076

]]> By: Rachel, Illinois http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/13/the-2009-index-of-economic-freedom/#comment-12986 Rachel, Illinois Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:55:29 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2009/01/13/the-2009-index-of-economic-freedom/#comment-12986 How does this work at only 2 weeks into 2009? Info gathered in 2008, or is it "projected" onto this year? How does this work at only 2 weeks into 2009? Info gathered in 2008, or is it "projected" onto this year?

]]> By: Mike, Hickory, NC http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/13/the-2009-index-of-economic-freedom/#comment-12893 Mike, Hickory, NC Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:03:42 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2009/01/13/the-2009-index-of-economic-freedom/#comment-12893 Judas H. Priest, the Socialists are comming out of the woodwork here! And the worst part is the inmates of the International Leftist/Socialist insane asylum, along with their willfully blind fellow inmates, are set to take over everything they can get their greedy, megalomaniacal, Leftist/Socialist government elitist, demagoguing, pandering, "bail-out/government take-over" mits on, when the lesson of history is Leftist/Socialist government elitism kills both freedom and economies, and thus fails miserably, every time it's tried! All proving, of course, and, unfortunately, evidently bound to prove yet again, that a definition of insanity is: "Continuing to try the same things, expecting different results"! What was that about "Those who forget (or deny) history are doomed to repeat it"?...Which explains why history so very evidently is about to repeat itself yet again here! Judas H. Priest, the Socialists are comming out of the woodwork here!

And the worst part is the inmates of the International Leftist/Socialist insane asylum, along with their willfully blind fellow inmates, are set to take over everything they can get their greedy, megalomaniacal, Leftist/Socialist government elitist, demagoguing, pandering, "bail-out/government take-over" mits on, when the lesson of history is Leftist/Socialist government elitism kills both freedom and economies, and thus fails miserably, every time it's tried!

All proving, of course, and, unfortunately, evidently bound to prove yet again, that a definition of insanity is: "Continuing to try the same things, expecting different results"!

What was that about "Those who forget (or deny) history are doomed to repeat it"?…Which explains why history so very evidently is about to repeat itself yet again here!

]]> By: Heritage Foundation says property rights not important to growth « Amused Cynicism http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/13/the-2009-index-of-economic-freedom/#comment-12884 Heritage Foundation says property rights not important to growth « Amused Cynicism Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:53:38 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2009/01/13/the-2009-index-of-economic-freedom/#comment-12884 [...] on 2009-Jan-14 The Heritage Foundation, a right-wing US think tank, has published its annual Index of Economic Freedom (via Matthew Yglesias). The index rates each country on ten different measures of economic freedom, [...] [...] on 2009-Jan-14 The Heritage Foundation, a right-wing US think tank, has published its annual Index of Economic Freedom (via Matthew Yglesias). The index rates each country on ten different measures of economic freedom, [...]

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