Political Theory

Re: Countries on the rise

Jack Roberts — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:49:25 GMT

One of these days I am going to move to central america, I am going to take $5000 with me and arrive there on holiday and never leave and see what i can do. Panama has no central bank, definitely a must visit.

Re: Countries on the rise

shackleford — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:21:01 GMT

Well, I see now that some people say the tap water is fine in Costa Rica.

Re: Countries on the rise

Marko — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:17:35 GMT

Russia. Jim Rogers recently became a consultant for a Russian agriculture firm. Also, they realize the value of monetary independence.

What is more Rogers used to be an extreme bear on Russia where he is now bullish.

Jim Rogers' Newfound Love For Russia And The Gradual Improvement In Its Image Among Investors:

Rogers, as the FT and other outlets have noted, was famous as a Russia “bear.” But simply calling him a “bear” doesn’t really do justice to the strength of his former views. As the FT astutely noted, Rogers was so ostentatiously negative in his views on Russia that a back-and-forth e-mail exchange he had with Dmitri Alimov, a Russian MBA student at Harvard Business School, made it all the way to the New Yorker.

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As should be seen from the e-mail exchange (which people ought to read in full) Rogers was not simply a “bear” he was the Царь медведей the capo de tutti capi of people who thought that Russia was a doomed and collapsing nightmare of a place. That he has now not only agreed to invest in the country but to work on behalf of a state-owned Russian bank is dramatic in a way that’s hard to overstate. A rough equivalent, I think, would be if Richard Dawkins got religion, quit Oxford, joined a monastery on Mount Athos, and penned an updated version of Mere Christianity.

Re: Countries on the rise

SkepticalMetal — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:13:45 GMT

@shackleford

I don't know anything about that.

Re: Countries on the rise

grant.w.underwood — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:11:45 GMT

malaysia has recently turned over a LOT of government run businesses to private so i would agree.

Honduras has the private/free city. I figure any government that gives up control over an area of land for a privatized city with a vote of 126-1(i think) will be on the rise.

Re: Countries on the rise

shackleford — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:10:18 GMT

SkepticalMetal:

Seriously, Costa Rica. They are on the rise, big-time.

I read on one website that it's not safe to drink the tap water there.

Re: Countries on the rise

grant.w.underwood — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:07:35 GMT

Russia? i find this hard to believe, i havent ever heard anything good coming out of there. Any sources you care to provide to defend that statement? Or expand on your statements?

Re: Countries on the rise

SkepticalMetal — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:00:32 GMT

Seriously, Costa Rica. They are on the rise, big-time.

Re: Countries on the rise

Friedmanite — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:59:10 GMT

Malaysia, Honduras, and Russia? I'm not one to use the "Why don't you move there" argument but....

Re: Countries on the rise

shackleford — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:12:15 GMT

With respect to modernization and industrialization, I think Malaysia and Russia are probably the best places mentioned so far.

Re: Countries on the rise

Jargon — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 02:11:06 GMT

Russia. Jim Rogers recently became a consultant for a Russian agriculture firm. Also, they realize the value of monetary independence.

Re: Countries on the rise

Kelvin Silva — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:47:16 GMT

Honduras

Re: Countries on the rise

shackleford — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:47:27 GMT

Just from my cursory search, Malaysia looks pretty interesting. I also think the BRIC countries are on the rise, too, though they differ in rates.

Re: Countries on the rise

Bogart — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:26:52 GMT

What about the countries of the BRIC. In one generation the Chinese has increased the freedom from benign neglect more than any other nation in history. In under two generations this country went from the Great Leap Forward to being a somewhat free nation. Brazil and Russia and India through the 70s, 80s and 90s were economic basket cases with runaway inflation. Now they are all major exporters. Granted these countries have a long way to go interms of freedom but all have come a long way in less than two generations.

Re: Countries on the rise

SkepticalMetal — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:46:00 GMT

Costa Rica.