Archive for the 'Trade' Category

Labour regulations in China and India: Economic Freedom in Relief

Lance on Jan 17 2008 | Filed under: China, Developing Markets, Economics, Emerging Markets, Trade

This is a stunning statistic:
…the annual expansion in China’s trade has been larger than India’s total annual trade during last several years.
Tyler Cowen hones in on this point, amongst a bounty of good points:
The most important factor that still holds back large [Indian] firms from entering these products is a set of draconian labour laws [...]

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Globalization: By Don Boudreaux

Lance on Jan 14 2008 | Filed under: Developing Markets, Economics, Emerging Markets, International Affairs, Trade

Cafe Hayek fans take note, it is finally out. Short review from Tyler Cowen:
This is the best popular book explaining the benefits of international trade. Imagine Bastiat for 2008, or a Cajun updating of Henry George’s Protection or Free Trade. Sadly it is expensive but I’d sooner give a student this book than [...]

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