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1. Measuring the Flexibility of Labour Relations Laws in Canada and the United States

   Measuring the Flexibility of Labour Relations Laws in Canada and the United States evaluates the extent to which the rules established by labour relations legislation bring flexibility to the labour market while balancing the needs of both employers and ...

2. Economic Freedom of the World: 2004 Annual Report

   The key ingredients of economic freedom are personal choice, voluntary exchange, freedom to compete, and protection of the person and property. Economic freedom liberates individuals and families from government dependence and gives them control of their ...

3. Measuring Labour Markets in Canada and the United States: 2003 Edition

   This report is a first attempt at quantifying labour-market performance and the characteristics that affect it across Canadian provinces and US states. It includes comprehensive measures of how well labour markets across Canada and the US have performed ...

4. Economic Freedom of the World: 2003 Annual Report

   This 7th global economic freedom report, by James Gwartney and Robert Lawson, ranks 123 nations for 2001, the most recent year for which data are available. The report also updates data in earlier reports in instances where data have been revised. The key ...

5. Economic Freedom of the World: 2002 Annual Report

   This 6th global economic freedom report, by James Gwartney and Robert Lawson, ranks 123 nations on 37 variables with data back to 1970. Economic freedom is based on personal choice, voluntary exchange, freedom to compete, and protection of the person and ...

6. Economic Freedom of the World: 2001 Annual Report

   This is the fifth edition of Economic Freedom of the World. Chapter 1 of this report updates the data from the earlier editions and presents an economic freedom index for 123 countries for 1999. Exhibit 1-1 shows the 21 components used to construct the ...

7. Economic Freedom of the World: 2000 Annual Report

   The index presented in this report represents a continuation of our efforts to develop an objective measure of economic freedom. Ratings are presented for 57 nations in 1970, 83 in 1975, 107 in 1980, 111 in 1985, 115 in 1990, 122 in 1995, and 123 in 1997. ...

8. Economic Freedom of the World: 1998-1999 Interim Report

   More than a decade ago, Michael Walker, the Executive Director of The Fraser Institute in Vancouver, Canada, and Nobel laureate Milton Friedman organized a series of conferences with the objective of clearly defining and measuring economic freedom. They ...

9. Economic Freedom of the World: 1997 Annual Report

   This report is a continuation of an ongoing process designed to develop a comprehensive and accurate measure of economic freedom across countries. The roots of the project go back more than a decade. Motivated by a stimulating discussion concerning the ...

10. Economic Freedom of the World: 1975-1995

    The central elements of economic freedom are personal choice, protection of private property, and freedom of exchange. The goal of this study is to construct an index that is (a) a good indicator of economic freedom across countries and (b) based on ...