World Indexes & Rankings
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Shows the degree of government orientation towards the application of scientific knowledge, the best historical experience and axioms of common sense or the economic IQ of the country.
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2025 year
The Index shows the effectiveness and reliability of the country's legal and economic institutions and management system for the implementation of all participants will in the mode of open international competition for material and intangible resources and assets.
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2025 year
Shows that the period of time one needs to work to purchase a basic set of goods and services is determined by the balance of time and resources.
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III Mises Readings 2026. Anti-Crisis Strategies for the XXI Century: Praxeology, Market, and Limits of the State
The 3d International Scientific and Practical conference will be dedicated to the praxeology of anti-crisis strategy: the direction of movement in national development and how to rebuild democracy, the state, and the international order in the 21st century.
Format: in-person and online
Participation is free of charge
We invite scholars, academics, postgraduate students, theorists, and practitioners working in the following fields to participate in the conference:
- economic theory, economic policy, and economic governance;
- legislation and law;
- political science;
- sociology;
- history;
- social psychology and social philosophy;
- international relations;
- demography and human geography.
A digital collection of conference materials will be sent to all participants by the end of 2026.
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