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1. 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 ...

2. Economic Freedom of the Arab World: 2017 Annual Report

   The Arab world faces a huge challenge. Although the Arab Spring undoubtedly had a political impulse, in large measure it was driven by economic concerns: sky-high unemployment, particularly for youth; under-employment and lack of quality in the jobs that ...

3. Metro areas with more competing cities are more economically free

   Much has been written about the benefits of economic freedom. It’s associated with “higher investment rates, more rapid economic growth, higher income levels, and a more rapid reduction in poverty rates.” However, the vast majority of ...

4. Canada no longer among top 10 most economically free countries

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Sun, October 6, 2017 Photo courtesy of Canada 2020 In a global ranking of 159 countries and territories, Canada has fallen from the top 10 countries in economic freedom for the first time ever—and things are getting worse. ...

5. Freedom takes a hit—we’re now tied with the Americans

   Well, that didn’t last long! For July 1st’s 150th birthday of Confederation I posted a piece about this country’s most impressive achievements, including how last year we were in 5th spot on the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of the ...

6. Economic Freedom of the World: 2017 Annual Report

   The index published in Economic Freedom of the World measures the degree to which the policies and institutions of countries are supportive of economic freedom. The cornerstones of economic freedom are personal choice, voluntary exchange, freedom to enter ...

7. Happy 150th to one of the world's most demonstrably successful societies

   I was 15 when Canada turned 100. It was a very exciting time. Expo 67 was underway. The world seemed to be coming to Montreal, where I was growing up. There was background trepidation about the separatist movement in Quebec and the state ...

8. Nationalistic politicians often attack free markets and economic freedom

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press, May 10, 2017 As France and Turkey show, populism and the deepening urban/rural split across many often-dissimilar countries represents a dangerous and confusing threat to prosperity as the populist economic urge varies ...

9. Economic freedom has been key to advancement of women worldwide

   Through March, we’ve seen two well-publicized celebrations of freedom, though the architecture of freedom has been little discussed. CNN’s Freedom Week featured clips of people, many of them famous, describing what freedom means to them. ...

10. Global free trade, an essential element of economic freedom, is under threat

    China throws up barriers to international competition and assaults foreign investment. ...