O Intermitente<br> (So long, farewell, auf weidersehen, good-bye)

O Intermitente
(So long, farewell, auf weidersehen, good-bye)

quarta-feira, julho 09, 2003

Economic Freedom Index (via Samizdata)

O Cato Institute acaba de publicar o Economic Freedom of the World Report referente a 2003. Eis uma explicação básica dos critérios utilizados:

To get a high economic freedom rating, a country must rely primarily on voluntary exchange and markets rather than taxes and government spending to allocate goods and resources. It must also follow stable monetary policies, avoid regulations that limit entry into markets, and establish a legal regime that provides for the evenhanded enforcement of contracts and protection of property rights.


1.Hong Kong
2.Singapore
3.United States
4.New Zealand
5.United Kingdom
6.Canada
7.Switzerland
8.Ireland
9.Australia
10.Netherlands
..
16.Estonia
..
20.Germany; Chile
..
23.Panama;El Salvador
..
26.Japan;Botswana;Costa Rica
..
35.Italy
..
44.France
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69.Mexico
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73. India
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81.Brazil
..
100.China
..
103.Russia

Chamo a atenção que este indice não mede a riqueza relativa dos países mas sim o ambiente económico e logo às perspectivas de crescimento futuro.

nota: dado que esta é uma publicação paga não tenho acesso à posição portuguesa neste ranking. Agradecia que me a podessem facultar.
posted by Miguel Noronha 12:11 da tarde

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F.A.Hayek

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