by Dan Mitchell | Sep 22, 2021 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Writing last week about the new edition of Economic Freedom of the World, I largely focused on the jurisdictions that got high scores (Hong Kong, Singapore, and New Zealand) and countries that got low scores (Venezuela in last place, of...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 15, 2021 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Uncategorized
The Fraser Institute in Canada has released its latest edition of Economic Freedom of the World, an index that measure and ranks nations based on whether they follow pro-growth policy. Based on the latest available data on key indicators such...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 23, 2021 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I’ve made the case for capitalism (Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, and Part V) and the case against socialism (Part I, Part II, and Part III), while also noting that there’s a separate case to be made...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 16, 2021 | Blogs, Free Market
When writing Friday’s column about Somalia, I noticed that I have not written about the Human Freedom Index (HFI) since 2016 and 2018. Let’s rectify that oversight by highlighting the results from the most-recent edition of that publication. But first, some...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 5, 2021 | Blogs, Free Market, Uncategorized
As I’ve repeatedly pointed out, capitalism (oops, I mean free enterprise) is far superior than the various forms of statism. Just last month, I shared a video with 20 example of market-friendly jurisdictions growing much faster than...
