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1. Hope springs eternal for freedom worldwide

   A freedom recedes globally, the question is whether the tide has turned for good. Pessimism is in order for the short-run (say 20 years), but history provides hope for the long-run. The just released Human Freedom Index 2020: A Global ...

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

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, October 14, 2020 In a recent New York Times op-ed, Regina Ip, a member of Hong Kong’s Executive Council (essentially the cabinet of Hong Kong’s government), defended the Chinese Communist Party’s assault on freedom in Hong ...

3. Economic Freedom of North America 2019

   Economic Freedom of North America 2019 is the fifteenth edition of the Fraser Institute’s annual report. This year it measures the extent to which—in 2017, the year with the most recent available comprehensive data—the policies of individual provinces and ...

4. Economic Freedom of North America 2018

   Economic Freedom of North America 2018 is the fourteenth edition of the Fraser Institute’s annual report. This year it measures the extent to which the policies of individual provinces and states were, in 2016, supportive of economic freedom, the ability ...

5. Economic Freedom of North America 2017

   Economic Freedom of North America 2017 is the thirteenth edition of the Fraser Institute’s annual report. This year it measures the extent to which the policies of individual provinces and states were, in 2015, supportive of economic freedom, the ability ...

6. Economic Freedom of North America 2016

   Economic Freedom of North America 2016 is the twelfth edition of the Fraser Institute’s annual report. This year it measures the extent to which the policies of individual provinces and states were, in 2014, supportive of economic freedom, the ability of ...

7. Economic Freedom of North America: 2015 Annual Report

   Economic Freedom of North America 2015 is the 11th edition of our annual report, in which we measure the extent to which policies of individual provinces and states are supportive of economic freedom—the ability of individuals to act in the economic ...

8. China’s Orwellian ‘credit rating’ system measures behaviour of citizens

   Appeared in the Battlefords News-Optimist, November 13, 2015 Orwellian may be the most misused adjective in the language. Just about anything qualifies, from security cameras to law-and-order legislation to the bonus scheme for the Pan Am Games (really, ...

9. Economic Freedom of North America: 2014 Annual Report

   Economic Freedom of North America 2014 is the 10th edition of our annual report, in which we measure the extent to which policies of individual provinces and states are supportive of economic freedom—the ability of individuals to act in the economic ...

10. Economic Freedom of North America: 2013 Annual Report

    This is the ninth edition of the annual report, Economic Freedom of North America. The results of this year?s study confirm those published in the previous eight editions: economic freedom is a powerful driver of growth and prosperity. Those provinces and ...