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“Fear the Boom and Bust” a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem
Мне понравился этот клип – тут вы не найдете поп-звезд, однако вы увидите как используется музыка для обучения по экономике – теориям Фридриха фон Хайека (либертарианского экономиста) и Кейнса (экономиста с социалистическим уклоном):
Econstories.tv is a place to learn about the economic way of thinking through the eyes of creative director John Papola and creative economist [...]
David Boaz on Obama’s “Tax It” Policy
Cato’s executive vice president David Boaz compiled a list of all the taxes President Obama and his allies initiated to impose.
Just recently we’ve heard about a bank tax, applying the Medicare tax to capital gains and other “passive” or “unearned” income, raising the Medicare tax rate, raising or broadening the capital gains tax, an income tax “surtax,” a tax [...]
634 Dead Tajiks in Russia
We have been told by other people, and scared of visiting Russia. It became very hostile for migrants and visitors from Central Asia, especially for tajiks and uzbeks.
Official statistics say that 634 dead bodies of Tajik labor migrants arrived in Tajikistan from Russia within 9 months of 2009. This is for 64 more than the [...]
Kyrgyzstan: Business & Charity
I just read an article of Shamil Ibraghimov, Executive Director of EFCA Kyrgyzstan, about responsibility of businesses for the development of society and what makes them frugal today in our country.
Author tells us that in 1910 in the Russian Empire, which also included Turkestan from where the Central Asian Republics would rise during the Soviet [...]
Economists = Frugal + cheapskates?
I had a time to read some articles on WSJ, The Economist, Vedomosti and others, and now my news feeds are systemized as I use Google Reader, and put RSS feeds on there. Here is an article, which is about frugality of economists
Children of economists recall how tightfisted their parents were. Lauren Weber, [...]
CAFMI’s 2009 Annual Report
Dear friends, colleagues and partners,
We have an honor to present you our first 2009 Annual Report.
You can read and download the report in ENGLISH (.pdf, 12.75 mb) or RUSSIAN (.pdf, 12.91 mb).
We are also looking forward to seeing you in our office in Bishkek.
Sincerely, CAFMI Team
28/60 assaults against journalists in Kyrgyzstan
The official note of interior ministry reports 28 incidents. Meanwhile, the opposition forces report about 60 assaults against journalists in Kyrgyzstan in the last few years.
IAM underlines that nearly each attack against mass media representatives is taken under personal control of the law enforcement structure. However, this does not help out in the results of [...]
A New Protectionist Union?
Russia wants to turn a newly minted Customs Union with Belarus and Kazakhstan into its major vehicle for post-Soviet economic integration in Central Eurasia.
The customs union will unite three states with combined GDP of $2 trillion, and $900 billion in mutual trade turnover, Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev said. The group could emerge as a major [...]
Tax Cuts vs. Government Spending
Gregory Mankiw, professor of economics at Harvard, wrote an interesting article for New York Times, where he argues for using tax cuts instead of increasing government spending as a tool of economic stimulus. Here’s the evidence:
1) Obama’s Fiscal Stimulus failed
When President Obama was elected, the economy was sick and getting sicker. Before he was even [...]
No Visa – More Tourism
Our Government’s efforts on making Kyrgyzstan a tourist zone has always been amazing me. Once we became the second Switzerland, and the next time we realized that Santa Claus lives in our mountains.
I just found a post of a foreigner who wishes to travel from Tibet to Kyrgyzstan through Shanghai and Urumqi. Here what he [...]
Jingle Bells – Indian Style
Friends passed thru. Very funny:
100 Reasons Why Climate Change is Natural
HERE are the 100 reasons, released in a dossier issued by the European Foundation, why climate change is natural and not man-made:
1) There is “no real scientific proof” that the current warming is caused by the rise of greenhouse gases from man’s activity.
2) Man-made carbon dioxide emissions throughout human history constitute less than 0.00022 percent [...]
A Holiday for Communists?
November 7 used to be the greatest holiday dedicated to celebrating the anniversary of the Socialist October Revolution. It is still being celebrated by Kyrgyz communists.
November 7 is also one of the most terrible dates in Kyrgyz history. On November 7, 1937 138 people were killed in the purges in Ata-Beyit (fathers’ cemetery). [...]
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