Author Library

Human Freedom Index 2022

By Ian Vásquez, Fred McMahon, Ryan Murphy, Guillermina Sutter Schneider | January 26, 2023

Economic Freedom of North America 2022

By Dean Stansel, José Torra, Fred McMahon, Ángel Carrión-Tavárez | November 15, 2022

Economic Freedom of the World: 2022 Annual Report

By James Gwartney, Robert A. Lawson, Joshua C. Hall, Ryan Murphy, Simeon Djankov, Fred McMahon | September 8, 2022

Catching Up and Falling Behind: The Five Economic Eras of Atlantic Canada, 1961–2019

By Fred McMahon | June 2, 2022

Governments worldwide use ‘enemies’ to justify repression

By Ian Vásquez, Fred McMahon | February 4, 2022

Freedom at stake in the Stans

By Fred McMahon | January 14, 2022

The Human Freedom Index 2021

By Ian Vásquez, Fred McMahon, Ryan Murphy, Guillermina Sutter Schneider | December 16, 2021

Returning to Normalcy: Unemployment and Seasonality in Atlantic Canada

By Fred McMahon | December 9, 2021

Low levels of economic freedom chasing young people away from Atlantic Canada

By Fred McMahon | November 24, 2021

Economic freedom key to recovery in Alberta

By Fred McMahon | November 24, 2021

Economic Freedom of North America 2021

By Dean Stansel, José Torra, Fred McMahon | November 16, 2021

Canada slipping in terms of economic freedom

By Niels Veldhuis, Fred McMahon | September 22, 2021

Economic Freedom of the World: 2021 Annual Report

By James Gwartney, Robert A. Lawson, Joshua C. Hall, Ryan Murphy, Justin T. Callais, Rosemarie Fike, Vincent Geloso, Nijdar S. Khalid, Fred McMahon, Martin van Staden | September 14, 2021

Ottawa and others provide comfort for Cuban regime

By Fred McMahon | July 20, 2021

Reality check—the dangers of debt accumulation

By Fred McMahon | May 14, 2021

For freedom’s sake, rate Hong Kong

By Michael Walker, Fred McMahon | March 31, 2021

COVID will cast long shadow over future generations

By Fred McMahon | March 15, 2021

Alberta’s woes threaten Canada’s finances from coast to coast

By Fred McMahon | February 10, 2021

Governments in Atlantic Canada should increase space for the private sector

By Fred McMahon | January 29, 2021

Fiscal Federalism and the Dependency of Atlantic Canada

By Fred McMahon | January 28, 2021

Hope springs eternal for freedom worldwide

By Fred McMahon | December 18, 2020

The Human Freedom Index 2020

By Ian Vásquez, Fred McMahon | December 17, 2020

Deep flaw in EU architecture can erase pro-market reforms

By Fred McMahon | December 14, 2020

Atlantic provinces addiction to big government suppresses economic growth

By Fred McMahon | December 4, 2020

New Brunswick’s waning economic freedom part of region-wide crisis

By Fred McMahon | November 24, 2020

Alberta’s multiple crises include waning economic freedom

By Fred McMahon | November 18, 2020

Economic Freedom of North America 2020

By Dean Stansel, José Torra, Fred McMahon | November 17, 2020

China’s attack on Hong Kong’s freedom must be fully exposed

By Fred McMahon | October 14, 2020

Ottawa reducing value of money and spending billions

By Fred McMahon | October 7, 2020

Economic freedom under threat globally

By Fred McMahon | September 10, 2020

Economic Freedom of the World: 2020 Annual Report

By James Gwartney, Robert A. Lawson, Joshua C. Hall, Ryan Murphy, Niclas Berggren, Fred McMahon, Therese Nilsson | September 10, 2020

China targets everyone in the world

By Fred McMahon | August 12, 2020

Unemployment spike may trigger rethink of EI program in Atlantic Canada and beyond

By Alex Whalen, Fred McMahon | August 6, 2020

An Open Letter to the People of Hong Kong

By Fred McMahon | July 3, 2020

Overly generous EI system could cause problems long after CERB winds down

By Fred McMahon | June 25, 2020

Extended Employment Insurance Now Open to All: Atlantic Canada’s Warning for Other Provinces

By Fred McMahon | June 23, 2020

Canada must push back hard against Chinese aggression in Hong Kong

By Fred McMahon | June 15, 2020

China looks to douse freedom in Hong Kong

By Fred McMahon | June 11, 2020

Economic Freedom of the Arab World: 2019 Annual Report

By Salem Ben Nasser Al-Ismaily, Miguel Cervantes, Fred McMahon | December 18, 2019

Catching Up with Canada: A Prosperity Agenda for Atlantic Canada

By Ben Eisen, Milagros Palacios, Fred McMahon, Alex Whalen | November 20, 2019

Economic Freedom of North America 2019

By Dean Stansel, José Torra, Fred McMahon | November 7, 2019

Economic Freedom of the World: 2019 Annual Report

By James Gwartney, Robert A. Lawson, Joshua C. Hall, Ryan Murphy, Daniel L. Bennett, Fred McMahon, Rosemarie Fike, Boris Nikolaev | September 12, 2019

China may land outside the world trade system

By Fred McMahon | August 27, 2019

China—world freedom’s greatest threat

By Fred McMahon | May 10, 2019

The tide of global freedom is receding—but there’s hope

By Fred McMahon | January 28, 2019

China sets debt traps, threatens militarily

By Fred McMahon | December 30, 2018

Economic Freedom of the Arab World: 2018 Annual Report

By Salem Ben Nasser Al-Ismaily, Azzan Al-Busaidi, Miguel Cervantes, Fred McMahon | November 29, 2018

As the world shifted to free markets, poverty rates plummeted

By Fred McMahon | November 13, 2018