The Fraser Institute’s “Economic Freedom of the World,” has played an important role in advancing the understanding of freedom and efficiency, and has become a key research tool to investigate the impact of economic freedom in countries, says Fred McMahon, Director of the Center for Globalisation Studies at the Fraser Institute.
For instance, findings include:
Overall, the research suggests that economic freedom liberates people from dependence on and abuses by government, and thus opens the door for increases in other freedoms, not just material ones.
As for individual countries, on a scale of one to 10, with 10 being highest, key findings include:
Source: Fred McMahon, Ten Years of Economic Freedom, Fraser Forum, September 2006.
For text: http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/admin/books/chapterfiles/Sep06ffMcmahon.pdf#
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FMF Policy Bulletin/ 10 October 2006
