Publikationen
Die folgenden Publikationen sind in englischer Sprache. Weitere Publikationen in Deutsch finden Sie auf der Seite des Liberalen Instituts.
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The Politics of EU Tax Harmonisation
Richard Teather, 2006
The European Union has already many powers to raise and harmonise taxes. This not only tifles tax competition, say British economist Richard Teather. It is an attempt to impose the increasingly failing “social model” of “old Europe” on those who do not wish to follow that path. PDF-File
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The Moral Case for Tax Havens
Daniel J. Mitchell, 2006
International institutions like the OECD or the EU are increasingly impatient about so-called “tax havens” and ask for concerted political action against them. In his provocative study Daniel Mitchell (Heritage Foundation) not only argues that tax havens are a necessary pre-condition for genuine tax competition. He also argues that they are safeguards for the individual rights of those who are persecuted by dictatorial regimes all around the globe. PDF-File
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The Economics of International Tax Competition
Gerrit Köster, 2006
In the debate over the advantages or disadvantages of international tax competition it is soften overlooked that there are robust economic criteria for its evaluation. To put it more precisely: Under which conditions is tax competition the source of wealth, solid public finances and more employment through innovation? Gerrit B. Koester gives an introduction into the most elementary answers to these questions. PDF-File
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Unfair Competition? Slovakia's Tax Policy
Martin Chren, 2006
Slovakia’s dynamic tax policies have not only produced more economic growth, they have also invited criticism from high-tax countries of the EU. “Unfair competition” is the new slogan for those who would like to harmonise taxation on a very high level. Slovakia’s tax policies are, however, not unfair at all, argues Martin Chren (Hayek Foundation, Bratislava). They are rather an incentive for others to “clean up” their tax systems. PDF-File
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Liberty: The best Remedy against Poverty
Otto Graf Lambsdorff, reprint 2005
Opponents of the free market often argue, that freedom was good for the rich, but bad for the poor. Otto Graf Lambsdorff (former chairman of the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung) argues that – on the contrary – the market economy was and is the only path to economic development for the poor... PDF-File
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The Social Dimension of Liberal Policy
Hubertus Müller-Groeling, reprint 2005
“Liberal policy has per se an important social dimension”, says Prof Müller-Groehling in his new paper. “It is based on a model of society which is intrinsically social, and safeguards the freedom of the individual to fulfil his life plan in the civil society,” says Professor Hubertus Mueller-Groeling, a member of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation’s board and former vice-president of the Institute for World Economics. PDF-File
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Education without the State - British private and charitable schooling in the 19th century and beyond
James Bartholomew, 2006
A historical perspective does demonstrate that many results of the public education sector could have been easily achieved by private and non-governmental mean. On the contrary, the state’s influence often lead to a decline in quality. PDF-File
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Independent Schooling in South Africa
Jean Redpath, 2006
In South Africa tuition fees have, contrary to the law, excluded many children of the poor from public schools. The relative privileged position of formerly white schools has been reinforced. At the same time private schools have increase in the low income segment, where the low quality of the public schools has created a new demand fort hem. PDF-File
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Education and the Free Society
Kenneth Minogue, 2006
Education, understood as the activity of sustaining and transmitting of culture needs freedom as a condition of ist existence. Potentially it is always in conflict with other interests and institutions in society. PDF-File
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Europe and Education
Ulrich van Lith, 2006
Competing educational and training systems strengthen Europe and her member states. A European capital market for investment in human capital has to increase the competitiveness and integration of Europe. PDF-File
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An Overview of Parental Choice Education in the United States
Jennifer Marshall, 2006
Choice in education in the US leads to mor equality of chances and give more opportunities to disadvantaged student from a low-income family background. School choice has improved the achievements of public schools and their students and has contributed to more contendment of the parents. PDF-File
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The Impact of Dezentralized Knowledge on Education
Peter A. Henning, 2006
How does the extreme growth of data and knowledge and its half-life period affect the use and quality of education. Education in the 21st century will means the access to electronic lressources of learning – at any place and not ending at a certain age. PDF-File
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The state versus the Poor
David C. Berliner, 2006
the positive correlation between family income and educational achievement has the effect that in the US the school system does not reach ist goals. PDF-File
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The Use of International Comparative Assessment Studies
Jaap Scheerens, 2006
International comparative educational assessment studies can be useful in analysing and comparing the average national standards, the differences between the achievements of schools and students, and the effects of given pre-conditions of the school system. They can answer question about efficiency and quality standards. PDF-File
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Sustainability criticised
Richard D North, 2005
"Sustainability" has become something like a universal standard of politics beyond criticism. But what's behind this? In his paper "Sustainable Development: A Concept with a Future?" British publicist Richard D. North points at the weak spots in this concept. PDF-File
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Between Freedom and Censorship. Asian Political Parties in Cyberspace
James Gomez, 2005
During the last decade the internet became more and more important as an instrument of political campaigning and discussion. The political parties of Asia use this method too, but in very different ways. James Gomez describes in this paper the latest developments in this area. PDF-File
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Human Rights and the Wars on Drugs and Terrorism
Rafael Pardo Rueda, 2005
The countries of Latin America face two threats: political terrorism and organized based on illicit drug trade. The fight against these threats gave the military forces the opportunity to defend their importance and their power during the ongoing process of democratization. The principles of the rule of law are not fully or not at all applied on their actions. Rafael Pardo, a former defence minister of Columbia explains how the fight against security threats became a threat to human rights itself and offers some proposals to improve the legal framework. PDF-File
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The Drug War Against Civil Liberty and Human Rights
David B. Kopel, Michael Krause, 2005
In 1971 President Nixon launched the modern war on drugs. It is fought today by a huge expensive bureaucracy and militarized police units. The authors analyze how this policy violates America’s founding principles of individual liberty, limited government, and federalism and present some reform proposals. PDF-File
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Liberty in the Modern World
Richard D. North, 2005
Modern people have more freedom than any in history, but perhaps understand it rather less. The author wants to remind ourselves that liberty – rights and freedoms – flows from good government and order and not at least from responsible citizens. PDF-File
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What are Human Rights?
Hardy Bouillon, 2005
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights consists of logically inconsistent bundle of rights and claim-rights. Hardy Bouillon demonstrates in this paper that this problem can only be solved if human rights are put in terms of property rights. Claim-rights are always connected with violations of property rights and therefore capable of eroding human rights in general. PDF-File
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Globalisation: Threat or Opportunity to Women in the Developing World?
Jo Kwong, 2004
Women in developing countries are often poorer than their male counterparts. Is globalisation to blame? Jo Kwong shows that the freedom of the market and the freedom to organise themselves offers enormous chances to women. PDF-File
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James Shikwati, 2004
Why do can you buy Coca Cola even in the smallest of all African villages, but why not medicine? James S. Shikwati (Nairobi) argues the case for better copy-right protection in developing countries.PDF-File
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Could the Globalisation of Education Benefit the Poor
James Tooley, 2004
The state has failed to deliver good education for the great mass of the people in developing countries. But would globalisation and privatisation produce something better? Yes, it would, says British experts James Tooley, and comes up with some remarkable empirical evidence. PDF-File
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Globalisation and Culture
Tom Palmer, 2004
Will globalisation condemn us to cultural uniformity? Tom Palmer (Cato Institute, Washington) says in his paper, that this is not the case. On the contrary, globalisation in freedom has all it takes to enrich our cultures. PDF-File
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Globalisation and the Poor
Johan Norberg, 2004
Johan Norberg, a young Swedish historian, became famous for his great bestselling book „In Defence of Global Capitalism“. It has been translated into 6 languages. The German translation „Das kapitalistische Manifest“ was published by the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung in cooperation with the Eichborn-Verlag. PDF-File
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