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Whilst I do not wish the hell that is American business regulation on anyone, I am at least happy to see some Europeans realizing that America does in fact have more onerous regulation, all things considered, than nice nations like Denmark.

Scott Sumner of Bentley University, in Boston, has written on this topic quite a bit. Sumner, in fact, considers Denmark the most free market oriented non-postage-stamp nation on earth. A sample:

On taxes: http://www.themoneyillusion.com/?p=24759

On regulation: http://www.themoneyillusion.com/?p=21601

On inequality: http://www.themoneyillusion.com/?p=22400



>"than nice nations like Denmark."

Qualify what you mean by "nice."


On the next line, he did: "the most free market oriented non-postage-stamp nation on earth".


What is a postage-stamp nation then?


Liechtenstein

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liechtenstein


Tiny nations such as Monaco, Liechtenstein, The Vatican, San Marino, Andorra, etc.


A lot of Americans, having been denied a proper geography education, consider Europe itself to be a postage stamp.

If challenged they'd probably assert the whole thing was smaller than Texas.


A very small one.


That doesn't explain what he meant by 'nice,' that's just another statement.


I've also provided three links...




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