The good news is that the first 20 years of the millennium saw overall increases in economic freedom around the world—with continuous improvement through the second decade. The bad news is that not ...

Economic freedom is a vital component of a prosperous society. Defined as the ability to make economic decisions without undue government influence, people in free societies can work, transact, and ...

Canada’s standing in global economic freedom rankings has slipped again, even as new data shows the economy may be stabilizing after months of contraction. The Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of ...

North Carolina ranked seventh in the nation for economic freedom, according to a new report from the Fraser Institute. The state's ranking has improved from 19th in 2011 due to reductions in taxes, ...

In a study published earlier this year, we highlighted the fact that New Mexico was the only state in the U.S. to have lost economic freedom since 1981. We now know that it is worse than we thought.