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Tag Archives: Haiti
Cowboy Economics
American efforts to instigate economic growth in countries in need of reconstruction, including Iraq, Afghanistan, and Haiti, have fallen short of expectation. A more sensible approach to reconstruction and economic development in crisis countries, such as Haiti and Iraq, is one which reduces the size of government. This is not something which can be centrally planned, or somehow conveyed through military occupation or aid (however you want to call it), but something which occurs naturally. Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics
Tagged Afghanistan, Capitalism, Haiti, imperialism, iraq, reconstruction, Third, War, World
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Haiti: Two Hundred Tragic Years
Haiti, in the long-term, needs a government which supports the free-market, property rights and entrepreneurship. In other words, Haiti needs to move towards liberty and laissez-faire, otherwise it will remain susceptible to continued tragedies. Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged earthquake, entrepreneuship, free, Government, Haiti, Investment, market, prosperity, tyranny, Wealth
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Bill Clinton is a Moron
Bill Clinton might think that some races are less capable than others, but in reality all men are born equal. The ability to excel is limited only by the limitations imposed on that individual by government and himself. Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous
Tagged Bill, Clinton, entrepreneurship, Government, Haiti, liberty, Property, racism, regulation, rights, tyranny
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