An index of economic freedom is a composite measure of the quality of political-economic institutions across different jurisdictions. Scores and ranks in an index are based on criteria such as ...

As part of the ranking the authors have created state-level economic freedom scores using 2000 and 2014 data, along with several years in between, and we can use this data to track improvements or ...

Economic Freedom Is the Only Way for Latin America to ... a road map of practical reforms for those countries or blocs is ... although Brazil’s economic freedom scores fall between the ...

Only 4 countries (down from 7 in the previous edition of the report) achieved economic freedom scores of 80 or more and are thus considered economically free; 23 nations were ranked as “mostly free” ...

On average, states with higher economic freedom scores experienced faster population growth from 2021 to 2022 than states with lower scores. Relationship between population change and economic ...

The Heritage Foundation's 2023 Index of Economic Freedom, which evaluated economic policies and situations in 184 nations from July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022, found a worldwide economy that is ...

Global economic freedom is in decline for the third consecutive year. Even traditionally free economies like the United States are slipping, with increased government spending, heavier regulatory ...

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024 to three American economists whose work ...

Due to its low crime rate, freedom of expression and lax marriage laws, Denmark scores high on the Human Freedom Index. Klaus Vedfelt / Getty Images Everyone probably likes to imagine that they ...

We found that eight of the top 10 freedom scores in our index were for metropolitan areas in Florida. The other two were from Texas. In fact, the top 16 scores went to MSAs located in these two ...