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August 28, 2008
Bryan Caplan
A new World Public Opinion survey of Muslims in seven nations finds that solid majorities favor globalization and trade:Asked about......MORE
August 21, 2008
Bryan Caplan
It's the 40th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. Many Czechs and Slovaks remember, but here's a shocking factoid:In......MORE
July 30, 2008
Bryan Caplan
It looks like Singapore is once again going to win the prize for Most Economically Literate Bureaucracy. Here's what the......MORE
July 24, 2008
Arnold Kling
I am trying to learn more about the political system of Switzerland. The country has 23 cantons, each with its......MORE
June 5, 2008
Bryan Caplan
Here's my last gasp of Europhilia: The Euro has much better denominations than the dollar. Instead of $1 bills, they've......MORE
June 3, 2008
Bryan Caplan
In the U.S., we have low gas taxes, low car taxes, few tolls, strict zoning that leads developers to provide......MORE
June 2, 2008
Bryan Caplan
In Germany, most highways have no speed limits at all. In France, all highways have speed limits, but there appears......MORE
May 31, 2008
Bryan Caplan
...was riding the Hasenhorn in the the Black Forest town of Todtnau. Fifteen minutes in a skilift to the top......MORE
May 28, 2008
Bryan Caplan
Raphael Franck, a French Israeli professor, has been visting at the Public Choice Center for the last two years. He......MORE
May 26, 2008
Bryan Caplan
I'm back from Europe. Though I'm still playing catch up, here are a couple of observations from my travels: 1.......MORE
May 13, 2008
Bryan Caplan
Tonight I'm headed to Europe for the first time since 2001. Unlike Tyler Cowen, I can't provide lists of the......MORE
February 25, 2008
Bryan Caplan
Thinking about Cuba's prospects reminded me of Sobel and Leeson's neat chapter on "The Spread of Global Economic Freedom" in......MORE
February 24, 2008
Arnold Kling
Michael Stastny writes, Cubans don't have access to "world news" (no foreign newspapers, no internet, no satellite dishes), so the......MORE
January 16, 2008
Bryan Caplan
Check this out: The 50 U.S. states have been renamed for countries with similar GDPs. You'll learn as much about......MORE
January 14, 2008
Bryan Caplan
The world - including the U.S. - can learn a lot from Singapore. (See here and here). But would I......MORE
December 24, 2007
Bryan Caplan
From Singapore's Success by Henri Ghesquiere:Malaya and the British saw in the union [between Malaysia and Singapore] a way to......MORE
December 18, 2007
Arnold Kling
William Nordhaus has G-econ The basic metric is the regional equivalent of gross domestic product. Gross cell product (GCP) is......MORE
December 3, 2007
Bryan Caplan
I just had a fascinating chat with two extremely economically literate Singaporean civil servants. It suggested a challenge for libertarians:......MORE
November 17, 2007
Bryan Caplan
Esquire features a fascinating story in pictures: The seven wonders of the totalitarian world. This article reminds me that it's......MORE
November 15, 2007
Bryan Caplan
I recently doubted that the Chinese economy lives up to its reputation. Now the Financial Times says that the Asian......MORE
There are 75 entries listed in this category (Cross-country Comparisons). The most recent are listed above. If there are more than 20, here are the rest:
Poor Vs. Ultra-Poor (November 07, 2007)
Is Chinese Growth Credible? (October 21, 2007)
Why Don't Hispanics Beg in America? Reflections from Venezuela (September 04, 2007)
Taking "Looking on the Bright Side" Too Far (August 14, 2007)
Adaptive Efficiency (June 21, 2007)
Of Bones and Pomeranian Grenadiers (May 17, 2007)
Word Inflation: Disappointment Is Not Collapse (April 08, 2007)
Has the Wall St. Journal Ever Actually Claimed that Europe is on the "Verge of Collapse"? (April 05, 2007)
How Europe Goes Wrong (April 04, 2007)
Ethiopia Bleg (March 19, 2007)
China and India (January 29, 2007)
Milton Friedman, Hated Conservative (January 22, 2007)
The Immigration Indicator (January 11, 2007)
The Entrepreneurial Society (November 27, 2006)
Orwell and War Socialism (November 11, 2006)
Nobel Laureate Phelps Speaks (October 10, 2006)
Governance Indicators (September 26, 2006)
Belief in Communism (September 16, 2006)
Demographics of the Oligarchs (September 13, 2006)
Business Regulation and Economic Development (September 06, 2006)
Kiwispeak (July 19, 2006)
Further Kiwiana (July 17, 2006)
Kiwiana (July 15, 2006)
Economic Dynamism (June 07, 2006)
The European Model (February 13, 2006)
Work Hours and Comparative Advantage (February 07, 2006)
The Upside of Asia (January 04, 2006)
How Bad is Life in North Korea? (December 28, 2005)
Intangible Wealth and Institutional Economics (December 19, 2005)
The Language Barrier (November 08, 2005)
France, UK productivity puzzle (November 07, 2005)
Who Hates Muslims the Most? (October 29, 2005)
Who Wants to Privatize Lenin? (October 17, 2005)
Personality and Politics: New Evidence from Germany (September 19, 2005)
A Metric for Growth Speeds (August 03, 2005)
Building a Better Llama (August 02, 2005)
A Little Hope for Hong Kong (July 11, 2005)
Hong Kong: Statist at Heart? (July 09, 2005)
Anti-Foreign Bias Strikes Again (July 05, 2005)
So Crowded No One Will Go? (June 15, 2005)
Hours Worked in Europe vs. the U.S. (May 04, 2005)
A Chat With Falun Gong (March 23, 2005)
Nobel Laureates speak (September 05, 2004)
Evaluating Health Care Systems (August 31, 2004)
Data Request: Health Care Spending (August 30, 2004)
European Productivity (August 16, 2004)
Russia’s Hope (August 08, 2004)
Cuba's Economy (August 02, 2004)
Hours Worked In the U.S. vs. Europe (July 12, 2004)
U.S. vs. Europe (June 14, 2004)
Welfare State Free Lunch? (April 19, 2004)
Cost-of-Living Arbitrage (February 01, 2004)
China, India and Deflation (May 29, 2003)
Liquidity Trap or Statism Trap? (May 28, 2003)
U.S. Best--or Worst? (January 26, 2003)
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