STEVE HANKE 

Economic Freedom: Indonesia Underperforms (GlobeAsia - October 2007)

Poverty is a scourge which leaves those in its grip to lead lives that are brutish, dangerous, and short. Economic growth is a poverty elixir. From the works of the earliest economists — Richard Cantillon (1680–1734), Adam Smith (1723–1790) and Jacques Turgot (1727–1791) — we have learned that economic liberty is a crucial precondition for sustained economic growth.

MEHMET ÖĞÜTÇÜ

Turkey: a major regional power to engage or confront Iran

Turkey, Iran’s next door neighbour, long-standing historic rival and the largest military/economic power in the region, remains the only country, which can genuinely engage or confront Iran in the region (Middle East, Caspian basin, and Central Asia). This holds particularly true at a time when speculations have intensified about a possible US/Israeli air strike or more targeted sanctions against Iran due to the nuclear standoff with the West.

STEVE HANKE

PREPARE FOR A STORM (Forbes,April 2007)

In late February Alan Greenspan warned of the possibilty of a recession.