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Why First World Countries Have Third World Cities
Posted on 2/28/18 at 3:01 pm
Posted on 2/28/18 at 3:01 pm
Interesting insights from economist Nicholas Umashev.
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Both Baltimore and Detroit make it into the top 5 cities with the highest tax burdens, according to the Office of Revenue Analysis. As for New Orleans, Louisianans face the third highest combined state and local sales taxes, as well as excessive levels of deficit spending. These three cities are also plagued by excessive and even bizarre occupational licensing laws. Louisiana licenses florists, Detroit licenses hair-braiders, and Maryland counties license fortune tellers. If only Maryland’s licensed fortune tellers could have predicted that big government would cause businesses to flee these cities.
As if these regulations and taxes weren’t enough, labor market restrictions have left job-seekers in Detroit and Maryland crippled. Both cities have unionization rates higher than the national average (10.7%), alongside minimum wages exceeding the federal $7.25 level.
If New Orleans were a country it would have the second highest homicide rate in the world.
Not unexpected, this has significantly increased unemployment, with Detroit and Maryland having unemployment rates of 8.1% and 6.1%. Admittedly, this is one area where New Orleans has excelled with a union membership rate of only 4.2% – although having the worst education rank in the nation has prevented wage growth.
Turning over to gun violence, the picture gets even worse. Per 100,000 people Detroit’s gun homicide rate (35.9) is just shy of El Salvador’s rate (39.9), Baltimore’s rate (29.7) nearly matches that of Guatemala (34.8), and if New Orleans were a country it would have the second highest homicide rate in the world (62.1) – behind Honduras (68.3) and well ahead of Venezuela (39.9). Incidentally, these three cities have some of the strictest gun laws in the country.
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Posted on 2/28/18 at 3:13 pm to L.A.
Its all the Republican's fault that cities run by Democrats are catastrophically dysfunctional.
Posted on 2/28/18 at 3:14 pm to L.A.
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Incidentally, these three cities have some of the strictest gun laws in the country.
New Orleans?
Posted on 2/28/18 at 3:15 pm to L.A.
What are the gun laws in New Orleans?
Posted on 2/28/18 at 3:17 pm to L.A.
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Incidentally, these three cities have some of the strictest gun laws in the country.
And their surrounding states some of the loosest.
Btw, not a single city in the US (save maybe Flint of late) is anywhere approaching a true third-world city. If you believe otherwise, travel more.
Posted on 2/28/18 at 3:18 pm to BamaAtl
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And their surrounding states some of the loosest.
Are you suggesting that Texas is responsible for NOLA’s gun crime?
Posted on 2/28/18 at 3:19 pm to BamaAtl
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And their surrounding states some of the loosest.
Baltimore?
Posted on 2/28/18 at 3:20 pm to EKG
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Are you suggesting that Texas is responsible for NOLA’s gun crime?
More that the ease of acquiring guns in Texas (and Louisiana and Mississippi and Alabama and Arkansas and Georgia and Florida) render moot whatever gun control measures New Orleans specifically has.
Posted on 2/28/18 at 3:20 pm to WhoDatGreenBeret
quote:Beats me. I haven't lived there since 1986.
What are the gun laws in New Orleans?
Posted on 2/28/18 at 3:21 pm to BamaAtl
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And their surrounding states some of the loosest.
So, NOW crossing "borders" without documentation is suddenly a no-no and is a problem?
This post was edited on 2/28/18 at 3:21 pm
Posted on 2/28/18 at 3:23 pm to BamaAtl
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More that the ease of acquiring guns in Texas (and Louisiana and Mississippi and Alabama and Arkansas and Georgia and Florida) render moot whatever gun control measures New Orleans specifically has.
So guns would have to be illegal GLOBALLY for there not to be a problem with them?
Posted on 2/28/18 at 3:23 pm to BlackHelicopterPilot
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So, NOW crossing "borders" without documentation is suddenly a no-no and is a problem?
You need documentation to cross the borders of US states?
What a weird fantasy world you live in.
Posted on 2/28/18 at 3:23 pm to L.A.
Surprise surprise, who would have ever thought cities taken over by Democrats would be such shitholes?
Rex, can you defend studies like these?
Rex, can you defend studies like these?
Posted on 2/28/18 at 3:23 pm to Y.A. Tittle
The media is convinced that Virginia is supplying every gun found on the entire Atlantic seaboard.
Posted on 2/28/18 at 3:24 pm to L.A.
Btw, just so it doesn't get lost in a debate over guns, the thesis of the article is this:
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These third world cities all have one thing in common: an absence of free and open markets.
Posted on 2/28/18 at 3:25 pm to WhoDatGreenBeret
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What are the gun laws in New Orleans?
The people killing each other and robbing others really respect and follow gun laws. We all know all we need is more gun laws. Posted on 2/28/18 at 3:25 pm to L.A.
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These third world cities all have one thing in common: an absence of free and open markets.
Huh?
Because of Louisiana's goofy archaic florist licensing law that affects a few hundred people? Article makes a lot of silly assed conclusions.
This post was edited on 2/28/18 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 2/28/18 at 3:27 pm to Y.A. Tittle
That's the thesis of the article. He's an economist. Read the article. He lays out his case.
Posted on 2/28/18 at 3:27 pm to Y.A. Tittle
From the article:
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As I avoided the potholes, ignored the sounds of guns, and walked past beggars throughout the streets of New Orleans, I could not help but be reminded of my travels in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. With their mass poverty and crumbling infrastructure, the two cities differ in one key area: Phnom Penh is in a developing country and New Orleans is in a developed country.
Throughout the United States, I frequently come across what I call "third world cities in first world countries" - whether it is Detroit, Baltimore, or even my beloved New Orleans. These third world cities all have one thing in common: an absence of free and open markets.
Restrictions have left job-seekers in Detroit and Maryland crippled.
There is a wide consensus amongst economists that economic freedom largely determines the wealth of nations and metropolitan areas are no exception to this rule. As Economist Dean Stansel, in his paper, "An Economic Freedom Index for U.S. Metropolitan Areas," states, “higher levels of local economic freedom are found to be correlated with positive economic outcomes.”
One of the most profound insights from Stansel’s paper is that moving from the 5th (least free) to the 4th quintile causes a drop in unemployment by 0.9%. Stansel’s index ranks Detroit number 345, Baltimore number 102, and New Orleans number 262 out of the 384 metropolitan areas examined.
Both Baltimore and Detroit make it into the top 5 cities with the highest tax burdens, according to the Office of Revenue Analysis. As for New Orleans, Louisianans face the third highest combined state and local sales taxes, as well as excessive levels of deficit spending. These three cities are also plagued by excessive and even bizarre occupational licensing laws. Louisiana licenses florists, Detroit licenses hair-braiders, and Maryland counties license fortune tellers. If only Maryland’s licensed fortune tellers could have predicted that big government would cause businesses to flee these cities.
As if these regulations and taxes weren’t enough, labor market restrictions have left job-seekers in Detroit and Maryland crippled. Both cities have unionization rates higher than the national average (10.7%), alongside minimum wages exceeding the federal $7.25 level
Posted on 2/28/18 at 3:28 pm to L.A.
Yes, New Orleans is a shithole. It has nothing to do with gun laws or the Louisiana florist lobby.
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