Government Type and Economic Prosperity Visualized By Top Nations
July 13th, 2010
Government Type and Economic Prosperity Visualized By Top Nations
Posted by: Barry Secrest
Published on July 13th, 2010 @ 10:32:38 pm , using 107 words
Published on July 13th, 2010 @ 10:32:38 pm , using 107 words
Posted in Events and Issues: Credible Resources

Republican Rand Paul’s comments about the 1964 Civil Rights act got his Kentucky U.S. Senate candidacy off to a rocky start. But as Washington Matters columnist Mark Willen notes in this article, the libertarian Paul clearly has tapped into deep emotions about what government should and shouldn’t do.
Indeed, the debate over whether governments serve best when they govern least, or have absolute control, has raged for centuries. This infographic looks at the financial prosperity of nations representing five different governmental systems. It shows representative democracies remain more prosperous than absolute monarchies and one-party states generally. The big exception on the world stage is China





