Blog


Will Uzbekistan Be the Next Authoritarian Post-Soviet State to Fall?

Is it “Islamic extremism” or a demand for free enterprise and religious freedom, that is threatening to the regime of Islam Karimov? The BBC’s timeline for the violence in Andijan….

Read More

Kapitalismus-Debatte in Deutschland

I was interviewed by Die Zeit about the remarks of Franz Müntefering (see posts below: 1, 2). The quotations are in this piece, “America’s Economists Criticize German Ignorance.”

Read More

Thanks for the Explanation, BBC

According to the Beeb, the food situation in North Korea is getting worse. And, of course, we are given a very clear explanation of why: Market reforms introduced in North…

Read More

This Is the Voice of the BBC……

When living in Britain, I acquired the habit of listening to the BBC, something I still do frequently in Washington (and elsewhere). Robin Aitken was a familiar voice. He’s now…

Read More

The Perils of Revisiting “Flawed Privatizations”

In a column in the Washington Post (requires simple registration), Anders Aslund points out what goes wrong when even rigged privatizations are undone or called into question: property rights generally…

Read More

The Perils of Revisiting “Flawed Privatizations”

In a column in the Washington Post (requires simple registration), Anders Aslund points out what goes wrong when even rigged privatizations are undone or called into question: property rights generally…

Read More

The Perils of Revisiting “Flawed Privatizations”

In a column in the Washington Post (requires simple registration), Anders Aslund points out what goes wrong when even rigged privatizations are undone or called into question: property rights generally…

Read More

The Perils of Revisiting “Flawed Privatizations”

In a column in the Washington Post (requires simple registration), Anders Aslund points out what goes wrong when even rigged privatizations are undone or called into question: property rights generally…

Read More

Liberty on Audio

People who absorb ideas through the spoken word, and are interested in liberty, should be subscribing to CatoAudio. On the CatoAudio site is a free offering of a segment (about…

Read More

How Many Have Died in Iraq?

The wide range of numbers of deaths attributed to the war in Iraq (as also earlier to the sanctions) can lead one to wonder whether the numbers are being cooked…

Read More