Crowdsourcing Clarity, Ep. 03: Which country/countries, in your opinion, is/are the most libertarian? (SBD reward for most helpful answer!)
Steemit.com is a fairly international platform. Seeing as the first two installments of "Crowsourcing Clarity" have been so successful and have yielded valuable information, I'd like to get right back to it with another question:
Which countries on this planet are the most libertarian in regards to governance (i.e. limited, relatively non-intrusive, non-surveillance states)?
Looking forward to your answers as always. Personal experience a HUGE bonus here. I'll be sending small Steem Dollar tips to the most helpful answers!
(If you missed the last installment of Crowdsourcing Clarity, you can find it here.)
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With regard to economic freedom, you'd want to take a look at small Asian countries and Free Economic Zones, such as Singapore, Hong Kong or Shenzhen. Recently a new Free Economic Zone popped up in Honduras, so that is something I will keep an eye on as well.
But the countries that offer the most libertarian lifestyle, in my opinion, are some European countries:
These cantons compete for residents, which tends to drive down income taxes. The country is doing well economically too. Guns laws are also relatively loose in Switzerland.
The constitution of Liechtenstein gives the communes a right to secede from the principality. The country has no army and chooses to remain neutral in any conflict. Crime is also very low and sometimes they don't even have prisoners.
If you're looking at Latin America, I believe Chile is the freest country. Gun laws are relatively loose and in the country side you can live pretty freely in some places.
If I have missed other countries, let me know! I hope my comment helps.
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EDIT: Iceland also has relatively loose gun laws and they jail bankers, so that's pretty cool. ;-)
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Out of all I have researched and been, for someone who wants the best of the best of the best freedom possible, one place rises to the top, Panama. A close second third and forth respectively, Switzerland, Singapore and for the best financial freedom without living there(IBC) my number one is Vanuatu.
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Pffft. Somalia.
market wise i'd go with the econ freedom index, hong kong isn't it? http://www.heritage.org/index/
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In My opinion Sweden is most liberal country.
Liberal, but not classical liberal. Income taxes and sales taxes are through the roof (especially on alcohol) and they have many social programs. Firearms are also prohibited. I guess we should be happy for the Swedes that their socialism isn't as bad as, say, 20 years ago.
I think Liberland!! A libertarian micronation which was proclaimed two years ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberland
Oh God, of course! I completely forgot that one!