2010 Index of Economic Freedom

[Aware_Dog]

The rankings For Horn African Nations:

Ethiopia : 136 ("Mostly Unfree")
Djbouti : 139 ("Mostly Unfree")
Eritrea: 176 ("repressed")
Somalia: Not listed
Kenya: 101 ("Mostly Unfree")

To put it in relative terms, the most "Free" or least "repressed" country was Hong Kong, while North Korea took the opposite title.

For the 7 most populous African nations that account for half the continent's population, the rankings were:

Nigeria: 106 ("Mostly Unfree")
Ethiopia: 136 ("Mostly Unfree")
Egypt: 94 ("Mostly Unfree")
DRC: 172 ("repressed")
South Africa: 72 ("moderately free")
Sudan: N/A
Tanzania: 97 ("Mostly Unfree")

You can get the whole listing here: http://www.heritage.org/index/Ranking.aspx

You can also download a PDF report for each country included at the above link.

Any comments/views/insights?

[Ezana]

Unsurprising, especially when you're one of the few countries left whose government owns every inch of land.

[Unurautare]

Unsurprising, especially when you're one of the few countries left whose government owns every inch of land.

Everything important is owned by politicians(not just in Africa),cunts.

[Ezana]

Everything important is owned by politicians(not just in Africa),cunts.

Not quite, but what I'm talking about is the illegality of private land ownership. Technically, in Ethiopia, all land is public and simply on lease (up to 99 years) from the government.

[valens]

Unrelated to Africa..... but Canada is higher than America. That's interesting.

[Aware_Dog]

Unsurprising, especially when you're one of the few countries left whose government owns every inch of land.

Yes that's true, no one owns land in Ethiopia but the government, property rights are almost non-existent, the report even highlights it:


A highly restrictive land-tenure policy makes it very difficult to register property. Land must be leased from the state.


Unrelated to Africa..... but Canada is higher than America. That's interesting.
Yep, the reason the U.S. slipped into the "mostly free" category was mostly because of the Banking sector ( Tarp + Auto bailout), in addition to increased government spending , the report is driven by data from the second half of 2008 to the first half 2009.

[Surena]

The correlation between economic freedom and prosperity is something that everyone should understand. That's a very good site with very interesting information.

Obviously, the African countries have enormous problems with overregulation, corruption etc.



This thread (about the index of economic freedom) should have been started in the economy forum, so that all countries can be discussed:
https://www.forumbiodiversity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=63

[EliasAlucard]

This thread (about the index of economic freedom) should have been started in the economy forum, so that all countries can be discussed:
https://www.forumbiodiversity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=63Yeah, let's not be ethnocentric about money, eh Aware_Dog? :) Moved.

//mod

[Surena]

Thank you Elias.




By the way, note how many Anglo-saxon countries or former British colonies that or on the top of that list.


Hong Kong - former British colony

Singapore - former British colony, part of the commonwealth I think

Australia - Anglo-saxon country, part of the commonwealth

New Zealand - Anglo-saxon country, commonwealth

Ireland - Anglo-saxon?

Switzerland - not Anglo-saxon

Canada - Anglo-saxon, commonwealth

United States - Anglo-Saxon, former British colonies

Denmark - not Anglo-saxon

Chile - not Anglo-saxon

United Kingdom



What do you think about this?

[EliasAlucard]

^^ Well, India isn't on top of the list; India is mostly unfree according to the list. Besides, there are many other former British colonies in Africa that are not on top of the list.

Otherwise it's observant of you :)

[Karhunkynsi]

Thank you Elias.




By the way, note how many Anglo-saxon countries or former British colonies that or on the top of that list.


Hong Kong - former British colony

Singapore - former British colony, part of the commonwealth I think

Australia - Anglo-saxon country, part of the commonwealth

New Zealand - Anglo-saxon country, commonwealth

Ireland - Anglo-saxon?

Switzerland - not Anglo-saxon

Canada - Anglo-saxon, commonwealth

United States - Anglo-Saxon, former British colonies

Denmark - not Anglo-saxon

Chile - not Anglo-saxon

United Kingdom



What do you think about this?

Denmarks position is somewhat strange. They have pretty much the same social democrat setup as rest of the Nordic countries. There are lot of rules and regulations for business and some government monopolies. Taxes are straight out from the hell too.

[Micke G]

Thank you Elias.




By the way, note how many Anglo-saxon countries or former British colonies that or on the top of that list.


Hong Kong - former British colony

Singapore - former British colony, part of the commonwealth I think

Australia - Anglo-saxon country, part of the commonwealth

New Zealand - Anglo-saxon country, commonwealth

Ireland - Anglo-saxon?

Switzerland - not Anglo-saxon

Canada - Anglo-saxon, commonwealth

United States - Anglo-Saxon, former British colonies

Denmark - not Anglo-saxon

Chile - not Anglo-saxon

United Kingdom



What do you think about this?

Note how many Asians live in those countries....

[alfieb]

Denmark - not Anglo-saxon



Funny story.

See, the Anglos and the Saxons technically did create Germanic England, but with a little help of a third tribe called the Jutes. Rather than saying Anglo-Saxon-Jute, they just got left out of the name... but be certain, the people of Jutland in Denmark are as much of the English genetic fabric as the Celts or anyone else. :p

[Surena]

^^ Well, India isn't on top of the list; India is mostly unfree according to the list. Besides, there are many other former British colonies in Africa that are not on top of the list.

Otherwise it's observant of you :)


Yes some former colonies left the commonwealth and took a different approach. The Indians experimented with socialism ...

I wonder if capitalism in the Anglo-saxon culture is the result of high industrial development (the industrialization began in Britain) or if high industrial development is the result of capitalism?

Adam Smith, was British by the way ...




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Denmarks position is somewhat strange. They have pretty much the same social democrat setup as rest of the Nordic countries. There are lot of rules and regulations for business and some government monopolies. Taxes are straight out from the hell too.


High taxes and high Government spending is almost the only problem in Denmark. You can read how the have motivated the ranking of Denmark:
http://www.heritage.org/index/Country/Denmark

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Funny story.

See, the Anglos and the Saxons technically did create Germanic England, but with a little help of a third tribe called the Jutes. Rather than saying Anglo-Saxon-Jute, they just got left out of the name... but be certain, the people of Jutland in Denmark are as much of the English genetic fabric as the Celts or anyone else. :p


The "Danish" component in Denmark, is the Viking influence? It was a very small nordic minority that dominated northern Britain, like around Scotland mostly?

[voyager]

Funny story.

See, the Anglos and the Saxons technically did create Germanic England, but with a little help of a third tribe called the Jutes. Rather than saying Anglo-Saxon-Jute, they just got left out of the name... but be certain, the people of Jutland in Denmark are as much of the English genetic fabric as the Celts or anyone else. :p

I don't think the "Celts" of Scotland,Ireland or Wales would like you saying they were of English genetic fabric!:D