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February 18, 2025
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
February 18, 2025
What We Should Know About The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)

Responding to still relevant key issues about hidden payments, 50 years ago, the Congress passed the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

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June 20, 2024
Weekly Economic Roundup and China's economic growth
June 20, 2024
Where To Find China’s Economic Model

Functioning from the top down, China's economic model is very different from a market system's bottom-up characteristics.

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July 13, 2022
economic news roundup and contracts
July 13, 2022
A Closer Look at the World’s Top and Bottom Laissez-Faire Countries

Looking closely at the Index of Economic Freedom, we can see where property rights help to boost market activity.

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August 25, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Afghanistan's economy
August 25, 2021
The Economic Side of Afghanistan

With the media focusing on the politics, we need to complete the picture with a look at Afghanistan's economy.

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April 13, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and tariff impact
April 13, 2021
Where (International) Trade Grades Are Changing

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October 9, 2019
Weekly news roundup and message from taxing and spending
October 9, 2019
How Laissez-Faire Countries Tax and Spend

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August 25, 2019
North Korean economy
August 25, 2019
What North Korean Workers Did With Their Choco Pies

While the North Korean economy is centrally planned, the Choco Pie is a tiny example of the how a market system develops.

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March 19, 2019
Weekly Economic News Roundup and laissez-faire countries
March 19, 2019
A 2019 Update: The World’s Top and Bottom Laissez-Faire Countries

The Index of Economic Freedom is a handy source of data for judging whether or not a government has a laissez-faire philosophy.

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March 19, 2018
Adam Smith laissez-faire
March 19, 2018
A 2018 Update: The World’s Top and Bottom Laissez-Faire Countries

The Index of Economic Freedom is a handy source of data for judging whether or not a government has a laissez-faire philosophy.

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March 12, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and federal spending
March 12, 2017
The Decline of Laissez-Faire

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June 12, 2015
China's economic growth
June 12, 2015
Why China Wants to be Called a Market Economy

Ignoring Adam Smith's ideas, the EU will probably tell us by 2016 that China has a market economy because the World Trade Organization requires a decision.

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May 2, 2014
A laissez-faire world tour of selected regions.
May 2, 2014
The World's Top and Bottom Laissez-Faire Countries

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