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Politicsweb: David Ansara on economic freedom (16 October 2024)
David Ansara was featured in Politicsweb on South Africa’s 2024 economic freedom ranking.
16 October 2024
David Ansara was featured in Politicsweb on South Africa’s 2024 economic freedom ranking.
If the GNU is to succeed, South Africa requires a fundamental change in policy direction towards economic freedom.
Eustace Davie and Martin van Staden were featured in the Sunday Tribune on the FMF’s opposition to government’s race policies.
When the state dominates economic life through regulations and controls it inevitably extends its influence into politics, limiting personal freedoms.
Markets, defined as people trading voluntarily, create prosperity. Throughout the world, less state intervention leads to richer populations.
The current nationalisation of South Africa’s private healthcare will therefore have tragic consequences that will negatively affect the lives of every individual and family that is forcefully deprived of control over their healthcare.
Economic freedom, a free market, is objectively defined in terms of protection of private property; voluntary exchange; freedom to compete; personal choice; and its concomitant of personal responsibility.
Economic freedom is about creating an environment where individuals have the right to work, produce, consume and invest in their own way. It is a proven path to prosperity, offering individuals the dignity of self-determination and the benefits of a thriving economy.
‘South Africa’s long march away from economic freedom continues in 2023, EFW index reveals.’ – David Ansara, CEO of the Free Market Foundation Scroll af
The Fraser Institute in Canada publishes the EFW on an annual basis to track the levels of economic freedom around the world. The FMF is the South African partner in the EFW network.