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Municipality Index 2012: Klaipeda is nr. 1 in economic freedom

06-12-2012

Lithuanian Free Market Institute for the second time releases Municipality Index 2012. The index ranks 60 municipalities in Lithuania according to economic freedom.

LFMI Again Among Leading Think Tanks of Central and Eastern Europe

20-01-2012

LFMI recognized as one of the top think tanks in Central and Eastern Europe for the fifth year in a row and remains the only organisation from Lithuania ranked in the study of the world‘s top think tanks.

EU’s liberal think-tanks express concerns over performance of ALDE in the European Parliament

30-11-2011

NGOs from 9 European countries, LFMI among them, submit a resolution to Leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the European Parliament.

Index of Municipalities in Lithuania

05-11-2011

LFMI’s first index of municipal performance in Lithuania based on unique methodology.

Malfeasant central bankers, again

24-10-2011

Article by Steve H. Hanke, a Professor of Applied Economics at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C.

LFMI news March

21-04-2011

Politicians have failed to keep their heads cool

23-10-2008

Lithuania’s leading daily Lietuvos Rytas interviewed LFMI’s President Remigijus Šimašius about the roots of the current global financial crisis, its effects on future economic policies and the most rational moves to ameliorate the situation.

Government Made the Financial Crisis; Let Us Not Make It Worse

10-10-2008

Representatives of economic policy organizations throughout Europe released the following recommendations to deal with the global financial crisis.

The 20th Survey of the Lithuanian Economy 2007/2008

08-11-2007

LFMI presents the 20th survey of the Lithuanian economy, providing forecasts for 2007 (updated) and 2008.  

The 19th Survey of the Lithuanian Economy 2006/2007 (2)

17-07-2007

LFMI released a new survey of the country‘s economy presenting estimates of 2006 and forecasts for 2007 (updated).

Euro Needs to be Launched but not at any Cost

30-05-2007

Paper delivered at a discussion “Strategy for Price Stability and Prospects for Euro Launch in Lithuania“.

Market participants: overheating or a loss of steam threatens the Lithuanian economy?

16-04-2007

LFMI presents the 19th survey of the Lithuanian economy.

Economies can be Overheated only by Governments

04-04-2007

An article by LFMI's President Remigijus Šimašius.

The 18th Survey of the Lithuanian Economy 2006/2007 (1)

01-12-2006

LFMI presents the 18th survey of the Lithuanian economy, providing forecasts for 2006 (updated) and 2007. According to the study, market participants believe that, despite price growth, households have increasingly more extra money.

The Truth about Globalisation

18-09-2006

 A speech delivered by Philippe Legrain, British economist, journalist, and writer, at the conference "How can Lithuania Survive on a Global Market?" in Vilnius.

Economic freedom has increased in Lithuania but it still fails to outpace its neighbours

07-09-2006

LFMI presents the results of the Economic Freedom of the World: 2006 Annual Report by the Fraser Institute, Canada.

(Non)-discrimination: Can a pig‘s heart love?

28-07-2006

LFMI's Policy Analyst Giedrius Kadziauskas limns potential scenarios of where a wide-spread hysteria about non-discrimination could bring our society. Published in “The Free Market” 2006 No. 2.

Labour, Stability, Welfare?

04-05-2006

LFMI‘s Vice President Dr. Remigijus Šimašius analyses the fallacies of the European Social Model.

The 17th Survey of the Lithuanian Economy 2005/2006 (2)

11-04-2006

LFMI released a new survey of the country‘s economy presenting estimates of 2005 and forecasts for 2006 (updated). According to market participants polled by LFMI, economic growth and rising wages and salaries still fail to curb emigration. The LFMI survey was started back in 1997 and is based on the expert consensus paradigm originating from the theory of rational expectations.

Robin Hoodwinked

31-01-2006

Structural funds and agricultural assistance have invariably been used to garner political support for EU membership, but they have never created necessary conditions for economic growth, argues LFMI‘s President Ugnius Trumpa. The commentary is posted at TCSDaily.com.

Lithuania’s Economic Freedom Remained at Nearly the Same Level

04-01-2006

LFMI presents the results of the 2006 Index of Economic Freedom, published annually by the Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal. In 2005 LFMI became a partner to this well-known study.

The 16th Survey of the Lithuanian Economy 2005/2006 (1)

15-11-2005

LFMI released a new survey of the country‘s economy presenting forecasts for 2005 (updated) and 2006. According to market participants polled by LFMI, economic growth has reached people’s pockets but is starting to decline. The LFMI survey was started back in 1997 and is based on the expert consensus paradigm originating from the theory of rational expectations.

A Lucky Government

15-04-2003