FMF Policy Agenda
Summary
In recognition of the potential for reform represented by the outcome of the 2024 general election, the Free Market Foundation (FMF) has launched its Liberty First initiative to place practical solutions before policymakers that would meaningfully change socio-economic outcomes.
These solutions are premised on the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) annual report, which clearly sets out the kinds of policies that produce (and detract from) “economic freedom” around the world. Where the EFW is compared to indices on human development, mortality, democracy, civil liberty, press freedom, happiness, and so forth, it is evident that countries scoring highly on economic freedom produce better social outcomes, than countries with more interventionist governments.
The FMF therefore published a series of papers – now compiled in this book – with each covering one of the five categories that the EFW measures: Freedom to Trade Internationally, Size of Government, Regulation, Legal System and Property Rights, and Sound Money.
Within these areas, the FMF has set out the reforms the GNU, or any subsequent government, can implement to climb the EFW ranks and follow the charted course of prosperity for all.
Contributors

Martin van Staden
Head of Policy

Dr Morné Malan
Deputy Head of Policy

David Ansara
Chief Executive Officer