On the 2018 Index for Economic Freedom, which we wrote about yesterday, it wasn’t surprising to see that three Communist countries – Cuba (#178), Venezuela (#179) and North Korea (#180)…
U.S. #18 in Economic Freedom
We like to think of the United States as the freest, most democratic country in the world. That’s not quite the case. And, in recent years, our economic freedom has…
Happy Dependence Day
On the fourth of July, we celebrate our freedom from tyranny. Yet King George would be envious of the control the U.S. government, and state and local governments hold over…
Eroding Economic Freedom Means Slower Economic Growth
Being “the land of the free” apparently doesn’t apply to the American economy anymore. Being a capitalist society with free markets, complemented by the Bill of Rights and the U.S.…