Conflicts are not inherent in the operation of an unhampered market economy. There are conflicts between citizens because the ...

A war of ideologies is raging today in Latin America. Some nations, such as Honduras and Brazil, are lurching in the wrong direction, toward the empty ideologies of socialism and collectivism. Others, ...

The annual Economic Report of the World was just published by the Fraser Institute and a number of other think tanks. The authors of the Report measure economic freedom on a number of dimensions, ...

Explore the Index of Economic Freedom, why it's crucial for investors, and how it impacts global economies by ranking countries on trade, tax, and judicial freedom.

The U.S. has fallen again in a recent index of global economic freedom that noted economic freedom worldwide has declined to its lowest point in two decades. The Heritage Foundation's 2023 Index of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bitcoin journalist and financial analyst based in London. A recent press release from the Oficina del Presidente, the Argentinian ...

The ability to choose your job, start a business, own property, or decide how to spend your paycheck may seem natural to most Americans. Yet for billions around the world, the most basic economic ...

Anthony Kim is a research fellow in economic freedom, editor of the Index of Economic Freedom, and manager of global engagement in the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation.

Discover the top 5 economically-free countries ranked by the Heritage Foundation, highlighting property rights and trade ...

The Fraser Institute recently released the 2023 Economic Freedom of the World and the U.S. improved one spot to rank 5 th globally. Hong Kong has fallen from the top spot for the first time, ...

Netherlands have recorded very high levels of upward mobility. About 80% of the children born in 1970s showed a move up the ladder, before this rate decreased due to the global financial crisis of ...

Politicians claim their bills bring us good things. Free health care! Child care! A cellphone for all! But government isn't Santa Claus. Government is force. Most every law takes away a little of our ...