I want to write a blog post on capitalism’s effect on poverty. I believe the biggest challenge will be finding the data. What data is out there measuring the economic freedom level of various countries over time? I have a feeling this is a very big project but would imagine that others have done a l…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_of_Economic_Freedom_historical_rankings The latest index in 2010 makes New Zealand technically the most capitalist nation out there, and all past rankings also make New Zealand the most capitalist economy in the world. I am not including non-countries like Hong K…

I strongly disagree with this statement.

Both Singapore and Australia placed ahead of New Zealand, and both Singapore and Australia are independent countries. New Zealand has been in the top six since the mid 90s. Other countries not included which could be considered more economically free include Isle of Man, Luxembourg, Andorra, and Li…

Me too. Compare Hong Kong to Belize, both were British colonies for roughly the same time period, both encompass relatively small areas, both have good locations for being ports of trade, both have a diverse population. The Brits mostly kept their hands off of Hong Kong while virtually locking up …

Better yet, compare Switzerland, a land-locked, mountainous, free market country with a country with a small population relative to its vast natural resources: Russia. Despite all of Russia’s natural advantages, the Swiss have far higher living standards than Russians. A similar example could be mad…

Which timeframe are you looking at? Johan Norberg has written a book “When Mankind Created the 'World” it is about the last 200 years of development and how capitalism finally defeated poverty. If you are looking in a shorter perspective I would imagine poverty data to be difficult to. Cause there …

What exactly is absolute, abject poverty? I understand relative poverty is silly, but how can we eradicate poverty without defining it first?

Me too. Compare Hong Kong to Belize, both were British colonies for roughly the same time period, both encompass relatively small areas, both have good locations for being ports of trade, both have a diverse population. The Brits mostly kept their hands off of Hong Kong while virtually locking up …

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Also, check out:
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Economic Freedom Map, in PDF

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