In the Wall Street Journal and Heritage Foundation yearly index of economic freedoms report for the 2012, Bosnia and Herzegovina has remained in 104 place, with an economic score of 57.3, which is 0.2 points lower than last year. One place above Bosnia and Herzegovina (103rd) occupies Kenya and one place below (105th) is Fiji. All of Bosnia and Herzegovina's neighbors have scored much better:
In the Wall Street Journal and Heritage Foundation yearly index of economic freedoms report for the 2012, Bosnia and Herzegovina has remained in 104 place, with an economic score of 57.3, which is 0.2 points lower than last year. One place above Bosnia and Herzegovina (103rd) occupies Kenya and one place below (105th) is Fiji. All of Bosnia and Herzegovina's neighbors have scored much better:
In one of my earlier posts under the name Public transportation for BiH students must be free. Really?, I had briefly touched upon the subject of education, by stating that the best way for the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina to help students is to dismantle the government monopoly in education and allow for market competition to deliver students the best education possible.
In this blog post I wish to share a recent exchange I had with a collectivist minded highschool professor about this same subject. The whole thing started completely innocently, by me forwarding an interesting article talking about how the neoliberal education system would look like, if we had it.
In one of my earlier posts under the name Public transportation for BiH students must be free. Really?, I had briefly touched upon the subject of education, by stating that the best way for the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina to help students is to dismantle the government monopoly in education and allow for market competition to deliver students the best education possible.
In this blog post I wish to share a recent exchange I had with a collectivist minded highschool professor about this same subject. The whole thing started completely innocently, by me forwarding an interesting article talking about how the neoliberal education system would look like, if we had it.
United Organization for Socialism and Democracy (JOSD) protested under the slogan "Occupy Sarajevo" against the so called neoliberal capitalism and greed of commercial banks. Danijal Hadžović, from Campaign for Freedom and Prosperity in Bosnia and Herzegovina blasted the event, calling the protest absurd for protesting against neoliberalism which never existed in this country to begin with. (15th October, 2011)
United Organization for Socialism and Democracy (JOSD) protested under the slogan "Occupy Sarajevo" against the so called neoliberal capitalism and greed of commercial banks. Danijal Hadžović, from Campaign for Freedom and Prosperity in Bosnia and Herzegovina blasted the event, calling the protest absurd for protesting against neoliberalism which never existed in this country to begin with. (15th October, 2011)
Nigel Farage responding to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk who said that we in the EU don't even know how lucky we are
Transcript:
We live in an age when the gap between ordinary voters and the European political class grows wider by the day, I have to ask you having listened to your words this morning, just what planet are you on?
Nigel Farage responding to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk who said that we in the EU don't even know how lucky we are
Transcript:
We live in an age when the gap between ordinary voters and the European political class grows wider by the day, I have to ask you having listened to your words this morning, just what planet are you on?
Just the other day we were informed about the existence of a new documentary that promotes libertarianism and Austrian school of economics. We checked it out and the following paragraphs contain our first impression.
Just the other day we were informed about the existence of a new documentary that promotes libertarianism and Austrian school of economics. We checked it out and the following paragraphs contain our first impression.
The following video attempts to show the positive relation between the high levels of economic freedom and good quality of life.
(video is attached at the bottom)
transcript:
The following video attempts to show the positive relation between the high levels of economic freedom and good quality of life.
(video is attached at the bottom)
transcript:
Here is a part of the April 20th 2011 Alex Jones interview with Lord Christopher Monckton, explaining the process of how the unelected EU bureaucrats now make 83% of Europe's laws and almost completely in secret. Lord Christopher Monckton is a British politician, public speaker, and critic of the theory of anthropogenic-based climate change. http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org
(see video at the bottom)
Transcript:
Alex Jones:
Here is a part of the April 20th 2011 Alex Jones interview with Lord Christopher Monckton, explaining the process of how the unelected EU bureaucrats now make 83% of Europe's laws and almost completely in secret. Lord Christopher Monckton is a British politician, public speaker, and critic of the theory of anthropogenic-based climate change. http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org
(see video at the bottom)
Transcript:
Alex Jones:
Can the government steer the economy or have past attempts helped create the mess we’re still in? John Maynard Keynes and F. A. Hayek never agreed on the answers to these questions and they still don’t. Let’s listen to the greats. See Keynes and Hayek throwing down in “Fight of the Century.”
Source: http://hayekcenter.org/?p=4804 i http://econstories.tv
Can the government steer the economy or have past attempts helped create the mess we’re still in? John Maynard Keynes and F. A. Hayek never agreed on the answers to these questions and they still don’t. Let’s listen to the greats. See Keynes and Hayek throwing down in “Fight of the Century.”
Source: http://hayekcenter.org/?p=4804 i http://econstories.tv
A video in which Dr. Nigel Ashford from the Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) explains the 10 core principles of the classical liberal & libertarian view of society and the proper role of government:
1) Liberty as the primary political value
2) Individualism
3) Skepticism about power
4) Rule of Law
5) Civil Society
6) Spontaneous Order
7) Free Markets
8) Toleration
9) Peace
10) Limited Government
A video in which Dr. Nigel Ashford from the Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) explains the 10 core principles of the classical liberal & libertarian view of society and the proper role of government:
1) Liberty as the primary political value
2) Individualism
3) Skepticism about power
4) Rule of Law
5) Civil Society
6) Spontaneous Order
7) Free Markets
8) Toleration
9) Peace
10) Limited Government
Transcript:
Corfe Castle in Dorset, with its keep and dungeons where in the early 13th century king John kept his most important prisoners. Eight hundred years ago, pre-Magna Carta, if you crossed the king you could expect to be incarcerated in a dungeon like this, without trial or any legal protection.
Transcript:
Corfe Castle in Dorset, with its keep and dungeons where in the early 13th century king John kept his most important prisoners. Eight hundred years ago, pre-Magna Carta, if you crossed the king you could expect to be incarcerated in a dungeon like this, without trial or any legal protection.