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  1. Albertans and Americans are becoming less free

    Appeared in the Calgary Sun, August 26, 2016 Just as the United States has long served as a global exemplar of economic freedom and prosperity, Alberta has for many years been an example for other provinces in Canada, showing how to provide liberty and ...

  2. Does the size of government affect economic performance? Absolutely

    Appeared in National Newswatch, August 11, 2016 Government is perhaps the single most pervasive institution of modern life and its programs are important to our quality of life. Over the last 100 years, government spending around the world has grown both ...

  3. Changes in Economic Freedom in Venezuela, Ireland, and the United States

    Venezuela has experienced a lengthy decline in economic freedom that started long before Hugo Chavez assumed the presidency in 1999. But Chavez, his United Socialist Party of Venezuela, and successor, Nicolás Maduro, have presided over a continued ...

  4. Best Practices in Distributing and Promoting EFNA

    Appeared in Fraser Insight, July 2016 Economic freedom is one of the main drivers of prosperity and growth, and the evidence shows that states with low levels of economic freedom reduce the ability of their citizens to prosper economically. The Fraser ...

  5. Federal deficits could total nearly $200 billion over next five years

    Appeared in the Financial Post, May 12, 2016 As the saying goes, a moving target is hard to hit. That is why repeated shifts in the federal government’s deficit and debt goals over the past six months have been so concerning. What started as a promise to ...

  6. Moving Targets: Re-estimating Federal Deficits and Debt-to-GDP through 2020/21

    The federal government has repeatedly shifted the goal posts on its own “fiscal anchors.” This bulletin examines the robustness of the current “fiscal anchor” to reduce the debt-to-GDP ratio by the government’s first mandate. The 2016 federal budget ...

  7. The Retreat of Economic Freedom Continues

    Appeared in The American Thinker, December 22, 2015 The self-styled “land of the free” is not as free as it once was—or as we in the United States think of ourselves. But don’t take my word for it. The U.S. ranks 16th in the Fraser Institute’s latest ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Economic Freedom of the Arab World: 2015 Annual Report

    A new economic vision is needed for the Arab world to move forward. The Arab Economic Freedom project aims to help furnish that vision—one of free and open markets that create hope and opportunity equally for all. This report also provides a sound ...

  10. Economic Freedom of the World: 2015 Annual Report

    The Fraser Institute’s annual report, Economic Freedom of the World, measures the economic freedom (levels of personal choice, ability to enter markets, security of privately owned property, rule of law, etc.) by analyzing the policies and institutions of ...