News tagged with economic freedom

West takes Internet freedom for granted: Google boss

The Internet proved the only true form of free communication during the Arab Spring and yet the West has come to take the freedom it confers for granted, Google boss Eric Schmidt said Friday.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

U.S. economic freedom continues fall; global average declines: report

Levels of economic freedom have decreased around the globe, according to a new report released today by the Fraser Institute, Canada's leading public policy think-tank.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study: States need economic freedom to benefit from natural resources

(PhysOrg.com) -- States with small governments, low taxes and labor market freedom enjoy greater benefits from natural resource development than states with large and intrusive government policies, according to a new study ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Financial Crisis Reduces Economic Freedom in China and the West

(PhysOrg.com) -- The current financial crisis may reduce economic freedom as governments are likely increase intervention in a bid to protect their own economies - according to a study in Pacific Focus published by Wiley- ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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The American dream still possible, but more difficult to achieve, students discover

In 1931, James Truslow Adams first defined the “American Dream” by writing that “life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement” ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The challenge of making consumers buy electric vehicles

The electric car might not be enjoying a good moment. General Motors Corp. stopped production for five weeks on the Chevy Volt, and sales of new all-electric cars such as the Volt and the Nissan Leaf are dismal. It's further ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 5

Assembly errors quickly identified

If errors creep in during the assembly of components, costly post-processing is often the consequence. Automatic testing is difficult, especially where individual products are concerned. Now there is a new ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

German IT sector in bullish mood at world's top tech fair

The German IT sector headed into the world's biggest high-tech fair in bullish mood, seeing record sales in 2012 ahead of the event's inauguration Monday by the leaders of Germany and Brazil.

Technology / Business

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China steps up Internet controls in Tibet

China's top leader in Tibet has ordered increased controls over the Internet and mobile phones, state press said Thursday, ahead of upcoming sensitive anniversaries in the restive region.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Scientists: This man has your number

Attention, star scientists: Pierre Azoulay is watching you. Not literally, of course: Azoulay, an economist, inhabits an office tucked away in the MIT Sloan School of Management, far from any lab. But his ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

New cyber-attack on Greek ministry after arrest

Greece's justice ministry on Wednesday sustained a cyber-attack, the second this month, after the arrest of a teenager accused of participating in the first hacking, police said.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Greek teen arrested over ministry cyber attack

Greek police said Monday they had arrested an 18-year-old suspected of hacking into the justice ministry's website earlier this month, an attack claimed on behalf of online hackers group Anonymous.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Eastern Europeans fuel fight for Internet freedoms

(AP) -- Eastern Europe's tradition of political revolt has met the digital age. This time it's not communists or food shortages fueling fury, but an international copyright treaty that opponents say threatens ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 18, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Hackers hit Greek ministry over austerity, anti-piracy deal

Online hackers group Anonymous on Friday attacked the Greek justice ministry website in criticism of the country's tough fiscal reforms and its decision to join a controversial anti-piracy deal.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2


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