In my prior column I discussed the U.S. media frenzy that arose when a leaked emails revealed that Martha Roldos, a leading politician in Ecuador who (very badly) lost an election contest with President Correa, was trying to obtain funding from an infamous United States group that goes by the Orwellian name National Endowment for Democracy (NED).
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What is the U.S. Media up to in its Coverage of Ecuador?
by William K. Black • • 0 Comments
In the Washington Consensus praised that focus government expenditures on health, education, and infrastructure. The policies also champion an idea most identified with the conservative economist Hernando de Soto – making it far easier for entrepreneurs to start new businesses. President Correa is the leader who continues to surprise his friends and foes by taking steps that make economic sense even if they are identified with the “right” while keeping a relentless focus on the needs of the poor. That focus on the poor comes from Correa’s Catholic social justice beliefs that the Pope has recently been returning to centrality.
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What about Ecuador? Bill Black
by William K. Black • • 0 Comments
The Wall Street Journal has written it’s latest “just so” article about how leftist Latin American leaders (Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela) are bad and rightist Latin American leaders (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru) are wonderful.
Contributors- Economic and Financial, Must Read, William Black
The Heritage Foundation: Where 7.8% Growth is “Moderate” and 4.4% is “Spectacular” – William K. Black
by Devin Smith • • 0 Comments
Heritage Foundation is run by Jim DeMint, the former Tea Party legislator. Heritage promptly demonstrated the impact of its new leadership with its purported study of the benefits and costs of immigration that ignored the benefits and inflated the costs.
Contributors- Economic and Financial, Must Read, William Black
Correa’s and Ecuador’s Success drive The Economist Nuts- William K. Black
by Devin Smith •
This is a syndicated repost courtesy of New Economic Perspectives. To view original, click here. Reposted with permission. By William K. Black (Cross posted at Benzinga.com) Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has the special ability to drive our most elite media nuts. Failures are self-refuting. It is the successful that drive their opponents to distraction, and…
