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Economic Liberty and Property Rights in the U.S. & Ukraine

Mises.org Mises.org.ua RomanSkaskiw.com. Economic Liberty and Property Rights in the U.S. & Ukraine. Who owns your body?. About Economic Liberty. All rights Property Rights Self-ownership Taking by force or threat of force is stealing Non-aggression principle.

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Economic Liberty and Property Rights in the U.S. & Ukraine

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  1. Mises.org Mises.org.ua RomanSkaskiw.com Economic Liberty and Property Rightsin the U.S. & Ukraine

  2. Who owns your body?

  3. About Economic Liberty • All rights Property Rights • Self-ownership • Taking by force or threat of force is stealing • Non-aggression principle

  4. Why Economic Liberty Matters? • Strongest correlation with prosperity. Econ. Liberty Rating GDP per Capita Country Heritage Found. 2011 IMF 2010 Slovakia 37 $15800 Hungary 51 12868 Romania 63 7390 Poland 68 11273 Moldova 120 1503 Russia 143 8676 Ukraine 164 3002

  5. Why Economic Liberty Matters? Econ. Liberty Rating GDP per Capita Country Heritage Found. 2011 IMF 2010 Estonia 14 $14238 Lithuania 24 11141 Georgia 29 (most improved list) 2559 Armenia 36 (most improved list) 2676 Latvia 56 11616 Kazakhstan 78 6870 Kyrgystan 83 816 Azerbaijan 92 4899 Moldova 120 1503 Tajikistan 128 732 Russia 143 8676 Belarus 155 5607 Uzbekistan 163 1335 Ukraine 164 3002 Turkmenistan 169 3904

  6. Private vs. Public

  7. Public Education

  8. Public Education

  9. Fighting Poverty Source: University of Michigan, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

  10. Private vs. Public From the utilitarian to the ethical argument

  11. Similarities • Governments too big, powerful, centralized, invasive. • Fiat money. Both the dollar and hryvnia will collapse. • Conversation dominated by identity politics. • Many people want government to fix everything, act like parents. Attempt to create a benevolent tyranny.

  12. Difference #1 • Taxation vs. Bribery/corruption

  13. Difference #2 • U.S. Opposition: • “Less Government. Less Taxes. Local Authority.” • Ukrainian Opposition: • “Democracy. True Ukraine. More Western.”

  14. Difference #3 • Tradition of Small Government & Individual Liberty in the U.S.

  15. Difference #3 • Ukraine's ethos?

  16. Difference #3 • Ukraine's ethos?

  17. Difference #4 • Power Decentralized in the U.S. “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

  18. 1) Study the Austrian School of Economics. mises.org.ua 2) Describe crimes as violations of property rights. 3) Turn your back on government. 4) Find a pocket of liberty and do something great. The Free Life

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