by Dan Mitchell | May 20, 2025 | Blogs, Education
I’ve written about school choice in Canada, Sweden, Chile, the Netherlands, and Denmark (as well as the shift toward choice in several American states), but I’ve never seen any sort of global ranking. But now I have. I’m at...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 18, 2024 | Blogs, Economics
The new Human Freedom Index has been released and – just like last year – the “sensible nation” of Switzerland wins the gold medal as the jurisdiction with the highest level of economic and personal freedom. Here are the world’s 20-freest...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 5, 2024 | Blogs, Economics
Almost every year (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, etc), I review the Fraser Institute’s annual report on Economic Freedom of North America. The 2024 version has just been released, so let’s look at some key findings. Since...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 26, 2024 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
In Part I of this series, I looked at how President Milei has achieved an amazing level of spending restraint in just one year. For Part II, let’s look at his ultimate objective. As he explains in this video, he wants Argentina to be the world’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 22, 2024 | Blogs, Taxation
Over the years, I have heaped praise on the Baltic nations, especially Estonia, for having comparatively sound economic policies. The latest piece of evidence is the Tax Foundation’s 2024 edition of the International Tax Competitiveness...
