The global total for money laundering is between 2% and 5% of global GDP, "because illegal proceeds can be transferred easily and instantly from one jurisdiction to another."
In his discussion in an article in Americaeconomia.com, David Santa Cruz describes not only how money from criminal activities has permeated ALL of the economies of the world, but also how national development strategies in many states are adapting to the phenomenon.
Greater respect for property rights leads to faster economic development
The order of the countries in the 2011 International Property Rights Index (IPRI) report is less important than the conclusions that are possible to obtain by analyzing correlations between the parameters that comprise the index and economic development.
The 2011 report highlights the overwhelmingly positive relationship between economic prosperity, measured by per capita GDP, and the protection of intellectual and physical property rights.
A critical view of the simplistic methods used in calculating the tax burden that supports an economy.
When analyzing a tax reform proposal, the first argument considered is what is the percentage of taxes collected by the state in relation to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country.
Juan Carlos Hidalgo, on his blog at Elfinancierocr.com, shows with solid arguments, the fallacy of comparing, without thorough analysis, the public figures of the ratio of tax revenue to GDP, which leads to erroneous conclusions which usually hide the main problem: the spending inefficiency demonstrated by the state with the money collected through taxes.
Banks credit intermediation and its influence in the generation of goods and services on behalf of the productive system.
In a SECMCA report, Nelson Oswaldo Ramirez presents a brief analysis of the development of banking credit in comparison with the region's economic activity in the first five months of the year. In the way he studies relationships that may exist between the variables of Credit and GDP.
Abraham Lowenthall rediscovered the isthmus 25 ago and analyzes the changes that have occurred during that period.
In his column published in America Economia, the analyst asks us to "Imagine that your twin brother will wake up today from a 25 year coma and asks you for a report on the main changes that have occurred in Central America, what will you tell him?
The analysis of the figures used to overcome past historic crisis, indicates that the current is by far the the worst ever.
In several (quite a few, in fact) of the presentations that we have done on the crisis, the first slide is a picture of the grenade and a nuclear war head. Here we question: what is the size of this crisis?. In the presentation we respond that we are experiencing the worst crisis ever seen by those of us alive and worst that we will ever experience (hopefully, this will just remain a desire). We argued using graphs and data about the crisis. It is not an opinion, but as a company that is dedicated to economic intelligence, we try to use evidence to support our opinion.