Critics may point to countries like China and Vietnam, where decades of economic development and free enterprise have yet to yield any real liberal, democratic dividend.
In support of such a policy, it has been argued that liberal payouts of dividends will strengthen the capital market, improve the allocation of investment funds, and lessen the concentration (or monopolization) of industry.
Cheap, skilled labor, low taxes, no dividend taxes, a relatively liberal labor code, and a favorable geographical location are Slovakia's main advantages to foreign investors.
I asked him if the liberal editorial pages would have liked the dividend-tax cut better if it had been applied to corporations rather than to individuals, as most economists have advocated.
The post-cold-war "peace dividend" was never converted into a global liberal order under American leadership.
The prime minister repeated the "efficiency dividend" argument during the closed-door party meeting of Liberal and National MPs on Wednesday.
The race to cash in on the peace dividend after the collapse of communism has rendered us in the "democratic, free and liberal" west unprepared for the threats of the 21st century.
The strategy against Brough paid off with a further unexpected dividend when Ian Macfarlane bolstered the "government under seige" narrative by announcing his defection from the Liberals to the Nationals to get himself back into cabinet.
HR 7173, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, is a well-designed national carbon pricing policy that has been vetted by conservatives, liberals and independents, and by economists, businesses and environmental organizations.
This option will divide leftist and mainstream liberals, but could provide electoral dividends.
