Vas skrbi ekonomska svoboda v Sloveniji?

Eto, pa smo spet padli na razvpiti lestvici ekonomske svobode. Saj smo vam rekli, bodo zatulili vneti reformisti. Nč bat, vam na srce polaga Drugi dom. Tako hudo kot v Hong Kongu ali Singapurju, ki ju avtorji tega propagandnega orodja leto za letom mečejo na sam vrh “ekonomsko najbolj svobodnih držav”, tudi v Sloveniji še ni.

But, while both Hong Kong and Singapore have incrementally liberalized in recent years, neither the Cato Institute nor its allies apparently has ever heard of Singapore, Inc, or understand Hong Kong’s domestic economy. Between Singapore’s government and Hong Kong’s oligarchs, the two own almost enough of the means of production to qualify their economies as socialist – or perhaps “market socialist”, as the confused Chinese Communist Party a few years ago attempted to label its transition away from a command economy. (This is a phrase difficult to find on Google without a comma between the words “market” and “socialism”.) The fact is, certainly in Hong Kong, that Adam Smith has no hidden hand agitating competition. The hidden hand is on the consumer’s wallet and squeezing hard. There is a big difference between “free” and “business-friendly”. Celoten članek