America Falls to 9th Place in Index of Economic Freedom Ranking

by Dan Mitchell | Jan 12, 2011 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market

I prefer the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World over the Heritage/WSJ Index of Economic Freedom, not because I’m an expert on the methodology of the two publications, but for the simple reason that I assume Economic Freedom of the World must be slightly...

Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Which Nation Has the Most Debt of All?

by Dan Mitchell | Oct 9, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending

The Economist has a fascinating webpage that allows you to look at all the world’s nations and compare them based on various measures of government debt (and for various years). The most economically relevant measure is public debt as a share of GDP, and you can see...