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Former communist countries don’t like capitalism

Economist / Thursday, 5 November 2009

Twenty years ago the Berlin Wall fell and communism in Eastern Europe crashed down with it. Except, capitalism and democracy are less popular now in Russia, Czech Republic and East Germany than they were in 1991. What, greed isn’t good?

Australia top 10 in the world for economic freedom

Crikey / Friday, 7 September 2007

Australia comes in at ninth on the latest Economic Freedom of the World survey, above Japan and most of Western Europe.

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