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Due to the various Dengist reforms after Mao, China has largely switched from Communism to neo-Fascism/neo-Mercantilism and the economy is actually freer. China ranked as the 29th most competitive economy, 89th on ease of doing business, 37th most globalized country in the world, they're in an 8-way tie with Mauritania, El Salvador, Romania, Brazil
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Ron Paul's "Pillars of Prosperity" is a good one.
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w00t!
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If there is no scarcity of goods/services, then no, because money facilitates exchange, and exchange would be unnecessary with no scarcity.
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Very simply, it was the Fed and the end of WWI, which had propped up an artificial war economy.
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Unions in and of themselves are inherently neutral. However, when they (or anyone else, for that matter) combine with the government, they become a veritable engine of destruction against the economy. I don't know how Rothbard/Mises/the Friedmans/Hayek/etc. felt about unions.
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Jesus fucking christ...
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It would seem higher than you might expect. Perhaps I'm being too optimistic... http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_c ontent/politics/general_politics/decembe r_2009/tea_party_tops_gop_on_three_way_g eneric_ballot
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The last thing that poor countries need to worry about is "sustainability". They should open up their economies and let the market take its course.
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I was once told to not "force my economics onto others" by a socialist