Bill Flax at Forbes writes:
A history professor once postulated that the most pivotal battle shaping America’s destiny was not Yorktown or Gettysburg, but Quebec in 1759. There General Wolfe demolished French claims to Canada, which confirmed that America would develop decisively within the Anglo-protestant mold.
The latest Economic Freedom of the World rankings (for 2009) highlight the good fortune that resulted from Wolfe’s win. Many commentators will rightly deplore America’s precipitous descent over the past decade – down to tenth, yet another startling detail leaps from the page. Eight of the ten freest lands were once owned by Britain.
The nations enjoying limited government, property rights, sound currency, free trade, ease of regulation, low taxes and restrained public spending include: Hong Kong, followed by Singapore, New Zealand, Switzerland, Australia, Canada, Chile, United Kingdom, Mauritius and the United States.
The study reveals a potent correlation linking freedom to economic progress. Nations following market principles propel past their government laden counterparts. They earn more, grow faster and “the poorest people in the most economically free countries are nearly twice as rich as the average people in the least free countries.”
Leading to:
It is the Left’s sacred cow that the Third World suffers from Western hegemony. Yet, the greatest happening to befall many peoples was seemingly being colonized by Britain…
Moral relativism and multiculturalism are leading the enlightened west towards the darkness of barbarism and the collapse of civilisation. Mr. Flax is correct – the world would be a much wealthier and more free place if the ideals that started with the Magna Carta in 1215, and led to the American Declaration of Independence and Constitution were adopted by more nations.
2 comments
Alain
3 October 2011 at 11:40 (UTC -6) Link to this comment
Indeed Mr. Flax is spot on and kudos to you for this post.
Peer
6 October 2011 at 1:07 (UTC -6) Link to this comment
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