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  1. 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 ...

  2. Myanmar’s ‘hero’ holds anti-free market views

    Appeared in the Daily Caller, December 9, 2015 The Myanmar miracle marches on, but don’t stop holding your breath. Great hazards are emerging ahead. Still, the most recent shockingly good news is that former military dictator Than Shwe has declared the ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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, ...

  5. Lack of economic vision threatens stability in Tunisia

    Appeared in the Huffington Post, October 27, 2015 Tunisia’s National Dialogue Quartet, a coalition of four civil society groups, richly deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for shepherding Tunisia through turbulent times. However, the Norwegian Nobel committee, ...

  6. Conversation impossible with today’s nationalist and religious states

    With the eruption of ISIS in the Middle East and the ongoing autocracies in Russia and China, pause for a moment and think back to the last century and compare the challenges back then to now. Odd as it may seem, in retrospect, liberal ...

  7. Nationalist and religious states aren’t interested in conversation

    Appeared in Business in Vancouver Perhaps we should be mourning the passing of the Soviet empire. With the eruption of ISIS in the Middle East and the ongoing autocracies in Russia and China, pause for a moment and think back to the last century and ...

  8. The political and democratic struggle for economic freedom

    Studies have shown that economic freedom remains a major determinant of living standards, economic growth, and other indicators of social and economic well-being in a country. The level of economic freedom is the product of fights ...

  9. Greek government helping the rich, not ordinary Greeks

    Appeared in the Waterloo Region Record Greek fire terrified ancient mariners. Blazing liquid shot from a hose, dosing enemy vessels with flaming material that continued to burn after landing on ships, water and sailors. Fast forward to today. It’s just a ...

  10. Little reason to expect agreement between democracies and the rest

    Appeared in the Okanagan Saturday, Waterloo Region Record, and Trail Daily Times International talks often become forums of mutual incomprehension as the world again breaks into two opposing camps with two incompatible worldviews: “the democracies” and ...