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An Index of Donor Performance-Revised August 2005
Roodman, David - 2005
quantitative measure uses a net transfers concept, as distinct from the net flows concept in the net Official Development … concessional transfers/GDP among the scored countries, variation in overall aid quality across donors appears far lower, and …
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Automobile sector in India at the current juncture: Crisis and prospects
Jha, Praveen K.; Mishra, Preksha; Singh, Kamya - 2023
, policymakers and Trade Unions. The impact of the crisis, the subsequent 'recovery' and the future prospects of the sector have been …
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The false promise and bitter fruit of Neoliberalism
Palley, Thomas I. - 2022
Neoliberalism is a political economic philosophy that consists of two claims, one economic and the other political. The … paper argues both claims are problematic. The evidence from the forty-year experiment that began in 1980 shows Neoliberalism … be held by true opponents of Neoliberalism. Those liberal elites obstruct the politics needed to reverse the deep causes …
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Aid and Economic Freedom : An Empirical Investigation Using the Heritage Index
Knedlik, Tobias - 2014
The paper explores the relationships between economic freedom on the one side and development aid and IMF credit as approximation for conditional aid on the other side. After a short review of current literature, the paper develops a simple panel regression model to evaluate the relationships....
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The Determinants of Economic Freedom : A Survey
Lawson, Robert - 2018
A large literature has found positive associations between economic freedom and income, growth, and a variety of other desirable outcomes. This paper surveys the literature that seeks to explain the causes of economic freedom. Some of the most consistent findings in this literature are that...
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Free Market Capitalism and Societal Inequities : Assessing the Effects of Economic Freedom on Income Inequality and the Equity of Access to Opportunity, 1990-2017
De Soysa, Indra; Vadlamannati, Krishna Chaitanya - 2022
Some blame free-market capitalism for increasing income inequality, arguing that the richer classes could block access to others for maintaining their privileges. By manipulating the degree of political rights and resources available to others, the rich could reduce opportunities for others....
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The Impact of Economic Inequality on Economic Freedom
Murphy, Ryan - 2015
This paper tests the hypothesis that the presence of economic inequality may lead to erosions of economic freedom. Using Economic Freedom of the World as a measure of free economic institutions, it finds that a one standard deviation increase in the gini coefficient reduces the presence of free...
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Does Europe Need Neoliberal Reforms?
Panic, Mica - 2010
This paper examines the neoliberal claim that the only way to achieve sustainable growth and full employment is to abandon Keynesian macroeconomic management and the welfare state and bring back flexible labour market policies. It summarises the conditions required for neoliberal policies to...
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Does Immigration Impact Economic Freedom?
Clark, J. R.; Lawson, Robert; Nowrasteh, Alex; Powell, … - 2014
The economics literature generally finds a positive, but small, gain in income to native‐born populations from immigrants and potentially large gains in world incomes. But immigrants can also impact a recipient nation’s institutions. A growing empirical literature supports the importance of...
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Some Basics of Capitalism and Socialism and Implications for Human Liberty, Morality, and Fairness
Garen, John E. - 2020
This essay outlines the big-picture aspects of capitalism and socialism, and uses this overview to discuss human liberty and economic liberty in each system. Additionally, I note that some have argued that capitalism is unfair or immoral and so I consider three specific and common moral...
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