Analysis Archives - Page 7 of 10

Venezuela’s new highest denomination bill will be 500 “sovereign” bolívares. (ruurmo)

April 6, 2018

Dollarization the Cure to Venezuela’s Hyperinflation

https://econamericas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dolarizacion-venezuela.jpg 1170 658 Paz Gómez Paz Gómez https://econamericas.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/PAZ-1.jpg April 6, 2018 November 18, 2020

Once again, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro exemplifies the wishful thinking that permeates socialist policies. Faced with four-digit hyperinflation and rampant shortages, his grand solution is deleting three zeros from the national currency. Problem…

Paz Gómez

Increased competition pressures local firms to learn and update their technology, as Volkswagen is well aware. (Karlls Dambrans)

March 19, 2018

If You Can’t Beat Foreign Competitors, Copy Them

https://econamericas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/fdi-competition.jpg 1170 658 Fergus Hodgson Fergus Hodgson https://econamericas.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/fergus-hodgson-profile.jpg March 19, 2018 July 29, 2019

Spillovers to Domestic Firms Boost Productivity, Benefit Consumers

Fergus Hodgson

Dora Ampuero (center) is a renowned intellectual entrepreneur that promotes economic freedom in Ecuador. (IEEP)

March 9, 2018

A Proven Strategy to Boost the Status of Women

https://econamericas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ieep-dinner.png 710 350 Paz Gómez Paz Gómez https://econamericas.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/PAZ-1.jpg March 9, 2018 August 13, 2019

Economic Freedom, Legal Autonomy Underpin Gender Equality

Paz Gómez

Blockchain technology offers sustainable voluntary alternatives to "public goods" now controlled by governments. (rawpixel)

March 8, 2018

How Blockchains Will Reduce the Scope of Government

https://econamericas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/blockchain-government.jpg 1170 658 Paz Gómez Paz Gómez https://econamericas.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/PAZ-1.jpg March 8, 2018 August 13, 2019

Private Provision of Public Goods to Offer Superior Alternatives

Paz Gómez

To avoid a bailout, the US Postal Service needs unlikely higher revenues from parcel delivery. (Thomas Hawk)

February 28, 2018

The End Is Nigh: USPS Monopoly No Longer Viable

https://econamericas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/usps-monopoly.jpg 1170 658 Paz Gómez Paz Gómez https://econamericas.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/PAZ-1.jpg February 28, 2018 July 29, 2019

Traditional Mail Is Disappearing

Paz Gómez

E-commerce makes up 15.5 percent of all retail sales worldwide, and it will only keep growing. (LCBO Media Centre)

February 22, 2018

A Simple Way to Open Global Trade

https://econamericas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/trade-barriers.jpg 1170 658 Paz Gómez Paz Gómez https://econamericas.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/PAZ-1.jpg February 22, 2018 July 29, 2019

Fewer Import Barriers Could Save Canada $513 Million

Paz Gómez

In January, the US Department of Labor made qualification for unpaid internships slightly more lenient. (Marine Corps)

February 3, 2018

Why Unpaid Internships Make Sense

https://econamericas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/unpaid-intership.jpg 1170 658 Fergus Hodgson Fergus Hodgson https://econamericas.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/fergus-hodgson-profile.jpg February 3, 2018 July 29, 2019

Moral Opposition Stems from Misplaced Sense of Entitlement

Fergus Hodgson

The panal currency has three denominations: 1, 5, and 10, exchangeable for the almost-worthless national currency. The first two bills feature socialist activists, while the 10-panales bill has the image of Hugo Chávez. (@Alexisvive2021)

January 22, 2018

Yet Another Venezuelan Currency, Even Worse than the Petro

https://econamericas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/panal-vnzla.jpg 1170 658 Guest Author Guest Author https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b4c446622691b0ed2ab9562d5aaee661?s=96&d=mm&r=g January 22, 2018 August 13, 2019

Locals Attempt to Fight Cash Shortage, Hyperinflation with the Panal

Guest Author

Planned man-made islands of the Seasteading Institute boast the potential to compete with conventional governance. (SI)

January 19, 2018

Seasteading Offers Escape from Obsolete Governance

https://econamericas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/seasteading-island.jpg 1170 658 Guest Author Guest Author https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b4c446622691b0ed2ab9562d5aaee661?s=96&d=mm&r=g January 19, 2018 July 29, 2019

Tahiti Beckons as Home for Implementation, Competitor to Status Quo

Guest Author

Temporary protected status will expire for Salvadorans, so they must return to their poverty- and crime-stricken nation. (FMSC)

January 19, 2018

Do Third-World Migrants Benefit the United States?

https://econamericas.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/el-salvador-1.jpg 1170 658 Guest Author Guest Author https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b4c446622691b0ed2ab9562d5aaee661?s=96&d=mm&r=g January 19, 2018 November 5, 2020

The Welfare State Offers Perverse Incentives, Clouds Analysis

Guest Author