Economic Liberty and Property Rightsin the U.S. & Ukraine

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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

Why Economic Liberty Matters?

Strongest correlation with prosperity.

Econ. Liberty Rating GDP per CapitaCountry Heritage Found. 2011 IMF 2010

Slovakia 37 $15800Hungary 51 12868Romania 63 7390Poland 68 11273Moldova 120 1503Russia 143 8676Ukraine 164 3002

Why Economic Liberty Matters? Econ. Liberty Rating GDP per Capita

Country Heritage Found. 2011 IMF 2010

Estonia 14 $14238Lithuania 24 11141Georgia 29 (most improved list) 2559Armenia 36 (most improved list) 2676Latvia 56 11616Kazakhstan 78 6870Kyrgystan 83 816Azerbaijan 92 4899Moldova 120 1503Tajikistan 128 732Russia 143 8676Belarus 155 5607Uzbekistan 163 1335Ukraine 164 3002Turkmenistan 169 3904

Private vs. Public

Public Education

Public Education

Fighting Poverty

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

Private vs. Public

From the utilitarian to the ethical argument

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.

Difference #1

Taxation vs. Bribery/corruption

Difference #2

U.S. Opposition: “Less Government. Less Taxes. Local Authority.”

Ukrainian Opposition: “Democracy. True Ukraine. More Western.”

Difference #3 Tradition of Small Government & Individual

Liberty in the U.S.

Difference #3 Ukraine's ethos?

Difference #3 Ukraine's ethos?

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.”

The Free Life

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.

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