In this video I answer a listeners questions as to what is GDP and what is a Stock Market.
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Economic Indicators for Libertarians 101
It is important for a Libertarian to be up to date on information and data to be able to craft compelling arguments to protect the freedom of individuals. In this video I discuss several economic indicators and how to think about them.
Free Market Norway and Sweden
Alex Merced discusses how Norway and Sweden are arguments for free markets not against.
About Sweden:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENDE8ve35f0
http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2011/01/29/sweden-is-a-role-model-but-for-free-market-reforms-not-socialism/
http://mises.org/daily/2259
About Switzerland:
http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/4377
http://grassrootinstitute.org/blog/swiss-health-care-more-free-market-than-us-health-care
http://www.financialsense.com/contributors/axel-merk/switzerland-under-siege
About Norway:
http://studentsforliberty.org/blog/norway%E2%80%99s-butter-shortage-and-the-unintended-consequences-of-central-planning/
http://www.sffe.no/?p=2106&lang=en
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/norway/gdp-growth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Norway
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02815739008730230#preview
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6647/is_n4_v32/ai_n28628357/
http://miha.ef.uni-lj.si/_dokumenti3plus2/193031/ces200834.pdf
http://www.ejtir.tudelft.nl/issues/2009_01/pdf/2009_01_03.pdf
About Canada:
http://reason.com/blog/2012/05/29/canadas-free-market-reforms-provide-mode
http://mercatus.org/podcast/2012/04/09/veronique-de-rugy-free-market-reform-canada-think-tank
Stimulus vs Austerity 101
Alex Merced discusses Stimulus va Austerity and the pro and cons and blasts through why this debate has been extremely messed up.
Alex Merced on Consumption Patters and Unemployment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCPJkQzEecI
YaHuWaHservant on Austerity:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4uKzlrEPFQ
Veronique De Rugy on Austerity:
http://mercatus.org/publication/austerity-numbers
http://mercatus.org/publication/european-austerity-government-expenditures-country
http://mercatus.org/video/austerity-blame-europes-economic-woes
Econtalk episodes about Stimulus:
http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2011/09/garett_jones_on_1.html
http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2011/01/fazzari_on_stim.html
http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2011/10/ramey_on_stimul.html
http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2012/01/sumner_on_money.html
Explaining Interest Rates and Yield Curves
In this video I help explain the concept of interest rates and yield curves so people can better explain economic concepts.
Policy Wonkery: Unemployment Taxes
While many of us libertarians arn’t fans of overly complicated policies, it never hurt to think about what might be better that we have now. In this video I dicuss tying tax rates to economic outcomes like unemployment, so as an economy improves it results in automatic tax reflief, and create an incentive for private firms to care about economic outcomes.
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