Government and Taxes: EFN Asia 53, Successful Conference 2015 has ended

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Yesterday, the Economic Freedom Network (EFN) Asia Conference 2015 has ended. Reposting below some of the tweets under #efnasia2015, other tweets.

@efnasia @meinardus giving Welcoming Address

‏@QEDBhutan "Freedom is a condition for happiness..." H E Kwon Tae-shin delivering keynote at #efnasia2015

@rdieckhoff Kwon Tae-Shin's keynote stresses need for limited AND strong governments

@parthjshah Discussion on Buddhism n econ freedom. And we judge morality of action by outcomes or intentions?

@subodhtweet Speed Dating #efnasia2015. An innovative way to get to know each other in large groups. interesting!!

@meinardus You need growth, you cannot redistribute your way to poverty reduction, argues Dr Sethaput

@meinardus Authoritarianism per se doesn't deliver. What does deliver is economic freedom, it's the core to poverty reduction, Najaf Khan

@QEDBhutan A human being is not just a happiness machine...there are other dimensions to being human - " Fred McMahon

‏@meinardus Presenting UN data, @FraserInstitute Fred Mac Mahon says: Nations with least economic freedom are also least happy.

@QEDBhutan Making the world your market- place is the key to prosperity here in Bhutan - Fred McMahon

@subodhtweet @QEDBhutan is the latest member to the Economic Freedom Network, announced Fred McMohan, Fraser Institute

@Kellerhoff Phub Tshering, SecGen #Bhutan Chamber of Commerce: With freedom comes innovation

@QEDBhutan According to a CBS study, men are happier than women and, on the whole, framers are the unhappiest- Sunil Rasaily

Development in Bhutan is nuanced, and we need to be aware of this. - Sunil Rasaily

@QEDBhutan Dasho Sonam P Wangdi delivering remarks after launching the EFW 2015 Report - Bhutan Edition

@meinardus Economic damage done to #Nepal through the #India embargo several times bigger than that caused by #earthquake

‏@Kellerhoff @robsitoula #southasia needs to improve foreign relations, in #Nepal we have a political crisis

‏@QEDBhutan Yes, Bhutan is landlocked but so is Switzerland. Why can't Bhutan be another Switzerland ? - Peter Wong

‏@Kellerhoff @peterwongbi #efnasia2015 #HongKong came out stronger out of each crisis. Just take bitter pill prescribed by Hayek

@meinardus Democratic dividend: As politics in #India became more competitive economic growth has picked up, @barunmitra

@meinardus Negative impact of intolerance: a country that restricts freedom of speech eventually also limits economic freedom @barunmitra

@meinardus Strong appeal by @barunmitra to promoters of economic #freedom to pay more attention to "real world of politics

@Kellerhoff Economic Freedom and inclusive growth #efnasia2015 with @tomgpalmer @parthjshah @wansaiful @razeensally

@IDEASMalaysia @wansaiful sharing Msia's experience on the panel for econ freedom & inclusive development @ #efnasia2015 in Bhutan.

@acorn "People have died from poverty, but so far as we know, no one has died from inequality" - @tomgpalmer #efnasia2015

@QEDBhutan "There are many poor counties with rich people. What we want is rich countries ... " Dr Tom Palmer

‏@Armin_"Freedom is happiness" @QEDBhutan & @FNFreiheit closing #efnasia2015 in #Bhutan

All photos above taken from tweets and fb.

Thanks for the opportunity to attend this great event, EFN Asia.

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