Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Sachs: Hayek was wrong

Jeffrey Sachs argues that higher taxes and social safety nets produce better results than laissez-faire capitalism.

Posted by Lippard at 12/20/2006 06:58:00 PM

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3 comments:

Einzige said...

Stefan Karlsson, Swede and undoubtedly one of the horrible "ideologues" that Sachs is attacking, responds here.

December 20, 2006 at 8:05 PM
Einzige said...

Another ideologue responds, as well as linking to yet another ideologue's ideological response.

December 20, 2006 at 8:27 PM
Leo said...

Oh, my, is Milton Friedman even buried yet? Shouldn't there be a 90 day moratorium on such articles in memory of?

Seriously, this is an interesting article. I wonder how the poverty spending numbers are affected by charitable giving, supposing there is some relevancy, that is, between a nations poverty spending and charitable giving.

I wonder too if the climate in the Nordic countries is some incentive for people to work.

December 21, 2006 at 7:24 AM

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