Ничего неожиданного

[taki_net]

Известный своей полной е******тью ультралибертарианец, провокатор и трепло (и неглупый человек, вот так все вместе) А.Илларионов с гордостью представляет разработанный им и единомышленниками новый Индекс стран по уровню свободы. Настоящий, посчитанный по лучшим либертарианским канонам.

Первое место, самое свободное, с огромным отрывом занимает страна, управляемая назначенцами коммунистической партии (к тому же иностранной).

У меня больше нет вопросов, как это г-н Илларионов работал на Путина - впрочем, их и раньше не было:-)

Comments

[int19h.livejournal.com]

"The HFI finds a strong correlation between human freedom and democracy. Hong Kong is an outlier in this regard."

"Given the link between freedom and democracy, Hong Kong’s top ranking in our index may be somewhat unexpected. The territory, first administered by the United Kingdom as a colony and since 1997 ruled by mainland China under its “one country, two systems” model, has never experienced democracy. Hong Kong’s maintenance of a high degree of freedom for a long period of time indeed makes it an outlier in our survey. The pro-democracy protests that erupted in Hong Kong in 2014 may in part be a late manifestation of a pattern we’ve seen in other nondemocracies that liberalized their economies and subsequently liberalized their political systems as wealth and demands for political freedoms rose. Even so, Hong Kong is unique in that it long enjoyed high levels not only of economic freedom but also of personal liberty and income without transitioning to democracy. The territory’s close adherence to the policies and institutions it inherited from the British, including the rule of law, no doubt explain the stability its system has until recently displayed. Clearly, the pro-democracy protests represent a political agenda not acceptable to Beijing, and are a reaction to interference and perceived interference by mainland China in Hong Kong’s policies and institutions including infringements on freedom of the press and the independence of the legal system. Our index is based on data that goes no later than 2012, so does not yet capture the most recent developments, but it registers some deterioration in those areas. As the political future of Hong Kong plays out, we would not be surprised if we see a decline in its freedom ratings."

[zveriozha.livejournal.com]

Вот, что там пишется на эту тему.

Given the link between freedom and democracy,
Hong Kong’s top ranking in our
index may be somewhat unexpected. The
territory, first administered by the United
Kingdom as a colony and since 1997 ruled by
mainland China under its “one country, two
systems” model, has never experienced democracy.
Hong Kong’s maintenance of a high
degree of freedom for a long period of time
indeed makes it an outlier in our survey.

The pro-democracy protests that erupted in Hong
Kong in 2014 may in part be a late manifestation
of a pattern we’ve seen in other nondemocracies
that liberalized their economies
and subsequently liberalized their political
systems as wealth and demands for political
freedoms rose. Even so, Hong Kong is unique
in that it long enjoyed high levels not only of
economic freedom but also of personal liberty
and income without transitioning to democracy.
The territory’s close adherence to the
policies and institutions it inherited from the
British, including the rule of law, no doubt explain
the stability its system has until recently
displayed. Clearly, the pro-democracy protests
represent a political agenda not acceptable to
Beijing, and are a reaction to interference and
perceived interference by mainland China in
Hong Kong’s policies and institutions including
infringements on freedom of the press and
the independence of the legal system. Our
index is based on data that goes no later than
2012, so does not yet capture the most recent
developments, but it registers some deterioration
in those areas. As the political future of
Hong Kong plays out, we would not be surprised
if we see a decline in its freedom ratings.

То есть они как бы говорят, что все для 2012 (год составления индекса). А в последние годы, возможно, стало хуже.

[scholar-vit.livejournal.com]

Scott Lemieux всласть поизмывался над этим индексом:
http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2015/08/freedom-2

For whatever reason, I’m always fascinated by libertarian “Freedom Indexes.” Does CATO’s international comparison consider equal inheritance rights but not the ability of a woman to choose not to carry a pregnancy to term when measuring women’s rights? I think you know the answer to that. Does the methodology apparently assume that all “government transfers and subsidies” and “administrative requirements” on business represent net reductions in freedom? But of course. Do its choices lead to such results as Hong Kong being designated the freest place on Earth and Venezuela being considered less free than…Saudi Arabia? Yup.

And yet, despite the various ways in which the game is rigged, I also note that all of the major Scandinavian states and Germany still rank as more “free” than the United States. “The regions that had greater overall levels of freedom exhibited higher ratings in personal freedom relative to economic freedom than the less free,” the analysis concludes. Maybe there’s a lesson there!

[gomberg.livejournal.com]

Ох уж эти индексы...

[rotten-k.livejournal.com]

Ну это нам ещё повезло, что всякие там Ли Кван Ю и Аугусто Пиночеты померли.

Либертарианец завсегда и прежде всего ценит крепкую дубинку (как и любой крайний правый, впрочем).

[profi.livejournal.com]

Я не являюсь поклонником тов. Илларионова в частности и либератрианцев его извода - в целом. Тем не менее в этой записи Вы явную злобную чушь сморозили. Вам не стыдно?

[ella-p.livejournal.com]

Какие критерии, такой и рейтинг. Сначала Гонконг, а потом соцстраны.

[roman-kr.livejournal.com]

Со-издателями Индекса наряду с Институтом Катона (США) являются также Институт Фрезера (Канада), Либеральный Институт Фонда Фридриха Науманна (Германия), Институт экономического анализа (Россия) и Институт Визио (Словения)

все организации являются солидными научными учреждениями:)

[kuzh]

Меня больше удивляет 10 место Швеции.
По личной, гражданской и экономической свободе!

[geish-a.livejournal.com]

Ирландия меня больше впечатлила.