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	Economic Freedom of the World
		The first Economic Freedom of the World Report, published in 1996, was the result of a decade of research by a team which included several Nobel Laureates and over 60 other leading scholars in a broad range of fields, from economics to political science, and from law to philosophy.
		The impact of economic freedom on whether states fight or have a military dispute is highly significant while democracy is not a statistically significant predictor of conflict.
		Economic freedom is strongly related to prosperity and growth.
	www.cato.org /economicfreedom (1175 words)

	Index of Economic Freedom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Economic Freedom, as defined by the Heritage Foundation, is statistically correlated with a higher GDP/Capita.
		Critics of the index's methodology most commonly take issue with its equation of regressive taxation, low tax rates generally, and weak worker protection regulations with economic freedom.
		Some of the highest ranking countries in the index, for example Iceland (# 5), Denmark (# 8), Finland (# 12) and Sweden (# 19) are widely recognized as having some of the world's most extensive welfare states, which are strongly opposed by advocates of laissez-faire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Index_of_Economic_Freedom (1167 words)

	PRI's U.S. Economic Freedom Index: 2004 - Executive Summary
		Economic freedom is the right of individuals to pursue their interests through voluntary exchange of private property under a rule of law.
		In a nutshell, economic freedom is the right of an individual to keep what he earns, produce what he wants, and compete in product and labor markets of his choosing, subject to the restriction that he cannot use force or fraud to further his interests.
		Economic freedom expands the opportunities for individuals to use their knowledge and resources to their best advantage and to keep the fruits of their labor for personal consumption and future productive investment.
	www.pacificresearch.org /pub/sab/entrep/2004/econ_freedom/00_summary.html (2070 words)

	freedom.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In nations in the top fifth of economic freedom, the average income of the poorest 10 percent of the population was $6,877 compared to just $823 in the least free nations.
		Economic freedom is also positively correlated with low poverty rates, superior health outcomes, literacy, good nutrition, low levels of child labour, civil and political freedoms, superior rankings on the United Nations Human Development Index, and low levels of corruption along with other positive results.
		Economic Freedom of the World: 1975-1995 is the product of 10 years' work involving 61 researchers in 11 countries, including many of the world's leading economists.
	www.hku.hk /hkcer/freedom.htm (5149 words)

	More on Economics
		Economics is said to be positive when it attempts to explain the consequences of different choices given a set of assumptions, or a given set of observations, and normative when it prescribes that a certain action should be taken.
		Economics may in principle be, and increasingly is, applied to any problem that involves choice under scarcity or determining economic value, in fact, the allocation of scarcity is considered basic to many definitions of economics.
		Scarcity is central to economic theory, although its application is primarily to the physical realm; the rise of the knowledge economy however points to a realm where creativity invites plenitude.
	www.artilifes.com /economics.htm (3759 words)

	1997 Index of Economic Freedom
		The idea of producing a "user-friendly" Index of Economic Freedom for policymakers was born at The Heritage Foundation in 1989.
		Although there are many theories about the origins and causes of economic development, the findings of this study are conclusive: Those countries with the most economic freedom have higher rates of economic development than those with less economic freedom.
		China's economic reforms are on track and the economy is growing (though with respect to economic freedom it lags behind).
	www.worldbank.org /html/prddr/trans/novdec96/doc11.htm (982 words)

	Criticisms of the Index Of Economic Freedom
		The Heritage Foundation's "Index Of Economic Freedom" is a piece of ideological punditry masquerading as academic research.
		A harsh critique of the pseudoscience of the IEF.
		A high level of economic freedom today is more likely to be the result of good economic performance in preceding decades than to be the cause of that good performance.
	world.std.com /~mhuben/ief.html (1120 words)

	U.S. Newswire : Releases : "Economic Freedom Advances, 2006 'Index of Economic Freedom' Shows" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		As a result, this year the average Index score falls into the "mostly free" (2.98; the cutoff is 3) category for the first time -- although the median score (3.04) remains just over the line in the "mostly unfree" category.
		Economic freedom improved marginally this year with 15 countries improving on their Index scores and only 10 declining.
		The Index was edited by Marc Miles, director of the Center for International Trade and Economics at The Heritage Foundation, Kim Holmes, Heritage’s vice president for foreign affairs, and Mary Anastasia O’Grady, who is a member of the Journal’s editorial board and edits the "Americas" column.
	releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=58805 (1048 words)

	Economic Freedom Watch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Measures of economic freedom have become an important variable for economic policy because they relate closely to economic growth, job creation and poverty eradication, as well as a general feeling of optimism, self-reliance and well-being.
		Unfortunately, economic freedom indexes are published with a delay of about two to three years, because they are prepared for many countries on an internationally comparable basis.
		When breaking the CIS Index of Economic Freedom down into eight Aspects, it is apparent that the greatest infringements against the economic freedom in Australian occur in the freedom to work and employ.
	www.cis.org.au /Economics/efw/efwhome.htm (1063 words)

	A flawed index of economic freedom?
		The findings of this study, based on a constructed freedom index, are conclusive: countries with greater economic freedom have higher growth rate than those with less independence.
		Economic history of the countries with high growth rates today show that freedom is often the result rather than the cause of development.
		If one examines the method of calculating the 1997 index of freedom it is surprising the constituent variables are assigned single score without realising that these may vary to a great extent between countries.
	www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19970826/23855133.html (523 words)

	Libertad y Desarrollo(LyD): 2003 Index of Economic Freedom
		The idea of producing a userfriendly “index of economic freedom” as a tool for policymakers and investors was first discussed at The Heritage Foundation in the late 1980s.
		To this end, the decision was made to establish a set of objective economic criteria that, since the inaugural 1995 edition, have been used to study and grade various countries for the annual publication of the Index of Economic Freedom.
		The Index, however, is more than just a dataset based on empirical study; it is a careful theoretical analysis of the factors that most influence the institutional setting of economic growth.
	www.lyd.com /english/economic_freedom/economic_freedom_2005.html (253 words)

	Press Release: Index of Economic Freedom
		During the last nine years, countries that have done the most to improve their scores on the Index's 10 measures of economic freedom have, in general, experienced the highest rates of economic growth.
		Economic freedom continues to grow in the majority of countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
		The region is the only one in which average and median freedom scores have declined over the past nine years, even as the rest of the globe has enjoyed a trend toward greater freedom.
	www.cne.org /pub_pdf/2005_02_03_heitage_index_PR.htm (1296 words)

	rediff.com: India 119 in index of economic freedom
		The index ratings reflect an analysis of 50 different economic variables, grouped into 10 categories-banking and finance, capital flows and foreign investment, monetary policy, fiscal burden of the government, trade policy, wages and prices, government intervention in the economy, property rights, regulation and fl-market activity.
		The index ranks 156 countries across the world, of which 15 have been classified as free, 56 as mostly free, 74 as mostly unfree and 11 as repressed.
		In 2003, economic freedom has improved around the world, with 74 countries reporting better scores, the study says.
	www.rediff.com /money/2002/nov/25index.htm (418 words)

	OpinionJournal - INDEX OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM
		The Index scores economic freedom in 10 categories, ranging from fiscal burdens and government regulation to monetary and trade policy.
		The 2005 Index finds that, on balance, freedom has again made strides around the globe: 86 countries are more free this year, 57 are worse off, and 12 remain unchanged.
		This year the Index finds that the freest economies have a per-capita income of $29,219, more than twice that of the "mostly free" at $12,839, and more than four times that of the "mostly unfree." Put simply, misery has a cure and its name is economic freedom.
	www.opinionjournal.com /forms/printThis.html?id=110006109 (564 words)

	Index of Economic Freedom
		The 2007 methodology has been revised to provide an even clearer picture of economic freedom by using data-driven equations rather than performance brackets which allows countries to be graded using a percent score rather than a 1â“5 rating.
		Viewed within the context of globalization and demographics, it is apparent that freedom in the labor market and better social conditions are not opposites.
		The 2007 Index also has our traditional country pages, so that each freedom in every economy is explained in detail.
	www.heritage.org /research/features/index (312 words)

	flying hedgehogs: index of economic freedom for states (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		the pacific research institute just came out with their index of economic freedom for states (similar to heritage's index for countries).
		read more about what pri considers economic freedom to be, and why they feel it's important.
		Economic freedom is the right of individuals to pursue their interests through voluntary exchange of private property under a rule of law, and this freedom forms the foundation of all market economies.
	flyinghedgehogs.blogspot.com /2004/12/index-of-economic-freedom-for-states.html (205 words)

	networkideas.org - Debunking the "Index of Economic Freedom"
		I somehow thought that an Economic Freedom Index would showcase countries that are reducing the democratic deficits of the global economy by giving people more control over their economic lives and the institutions that govern them.
		The segment of the U.S. population whose economic freedom this law erodes is tiny, but it's obviously that segment-not workers and not even shareholders-whose freedom counts for the folks at the Journal and at Heritage.
		That means the index systematically lowers the economic freedom index of developing countries while boosting the scores of developed countries, thus artificially correlating income levels with economic freedom.
	www.networkideas.org /news/jun2005/news08_Debunking.htm (1200 words)

	NationMaster.com - Map & Graph: Countries by Economy > Economic freedom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Index of 'economic freedom', according to the American organisation 'The Heritage Foundation'.
		This data makes a number of assumptions about 'freedom' and the role of the government that are not accepted by much of the world's population.
		Yeah, economic freedom is when you work 16 hours a day in a sweatshop and can't afford health care and education.
	www.nationmaster.com /graph-T/eco_eco_fre (359 words)

	NCPA - Daily Policy Digest - States Ranked on Economic Freedom Index
		While economic freedom is not the sole determinant of a state's wealth, the correlation is strong.
		The index scores are based on nearly 20 years worth of data and include a multitude of variables.
		The methodology, say researchers, is that used in Economic Freedom of the World, an annual ranking of countries worldwide published by the Cato Institute.
	www.ncpa.org /iss/eco/2004/pd012704a.html (371 words)

	Index of Economic Freedom 2006 » Outside The Beltway \| OTB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Economic freedom is defined as the absence of government coercion or constraint on the production, distribution, or consumption of goods and services beyond the extent necessary for citizens to protect and maintain liberty itself.
		The goal in the scoring of economic freedom is not to define these extremes-either anarchy or utopia-but to describe the world’s economies as they are.
		An index of “economic freedom” that does not take the latter into account is flawed, indeed.
	www.outsidethebeltway.com /archives/2006/01/index_of_economic_freedom_2006 (1537 words)

	Economic Freedom of the World Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		FreeTheWorld.com is committed to bringing economic freedom and growth to all the countries of the world.
		The Economic Freedom Network Index, which ranks 130 countries, is a joint venture involving seventy-one research institutes in seventy-one countries around the world.
		The purpose of the index is to bring the often forgotten topic of economic freedom into mainstream public debate.
	www.freetheworld.com (155 words)

	U.S. Newswire : Releases : "RESEND: Economic Freedom Advances, 2006 'Index of Economic Freedom' Shows" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Countries receive a 1-5 rating -- with one being the best -- on 10 broad measures of economic freedom: trade policy, fiscal burden of government, government intervention in the economy, monetary policy, capital flows and foreign investment, banking and finance, wages and prices, property rights, regulation and informal (or fl) market activity.
		North Korea (157th) The links between countries that embrace economic freedom and prosperity are long established.
		Copies of the 2006 Index (422 pp., $24.95) can be ordered at http://www.heritage.org/index or by calling 1-800-975- 8625.
	releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=58808 (1119 words)

	New economic index finds New York ranking last in nation- again--November 17, 2004
		The 2004 U.S. Economic Freedom Index ranked New York at or near the bottom of the list in four of five measures considered in the study: government size (50), welfare spending (50), regulatory (42), fiscal (47), and judicial (8).
		That index measured the effect that loss or gain of economic freedom over a five year period had on each state.
		The Survival Index found New York performed badly in comparison to the nation in a range of variables similar to those used in the Economic Freedom Index, including: state and local taxes, major cost of job creation, spending on government employment, and regulatory flexibility.
	www.bcnys.org /whatsnew/2004/1117economicfreedom.htm (655 words)

	Economic freedom slippage - The Washington Times: Commentary - January 13, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The U.S. is still one of the most dynamic economies on the planet, and still the biggest, according to the Index of Economic Freedom, published annually by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal, which rates the world's economies on a broad range of fiscal, regulatory and free enterprise measurements.
		The Index of Economic Freedom rankings are calculated in a point index based on a country's tax burden, foreign investment, trade policies and level of government intervention in the economy, among other things.
		As for America, the Index of Economic Freedom says though the United States is still a very vibrant economy, it is now "at a crossroads: It will either continue to be a leader in economic freedom or idly watch other countries pass it by."
	www.washtimes.com /commentary/20050112-093355-1391r.htm (846 words)

	Israel Rises to 29th in "Index of Economic Freedom" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The index runs from one to five: one point means complete economic freedom and five points means no economic freedom.
		The Index of Economic Freedom classifies economies into four groups: free, mostly free, mostly unfree, and repressed.
		The 2004 Index of Economic Freedom's editors give credit to Minister of Finance Benjamin Netanyahu and say that if his policies prevail, Israel will see more privatization and less public-sector growth.
	www.ishitech.co.il /0204ar2.htm (185 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Utah ranks fifth on index of 'economic freedom'
		Utah is fifth in a Pacific Research Institute ranking of economic freedom among the 50 states.
		The report surmised that if all states were as free as Kansas, the annual income of an average working American would rise 4.42 percent, or $1,161, putting an additional $87,541 into his or her pocket over a 40-year working life.
		The 2004 index updates and refines the report "Economic Freedom in America's 50 States," published by the State Policy Network in 1999.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595105916,00.html (169 words)

	CNE Event - 24 January 2006 - INDEX OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Initiated 12 years ago by the Heritage Foundation, the most influential free market think tank in the US, the index ranks the countries of the world according to the most important indicators of economic freedom, e.g., tax pressure, free trade and property rights.
		The presentation, as well as the report (available here for online viewing, or as a PDF in English or Español), stressed the link between economic opportunity and prosperity, and especially pointed to the remarkable accomplishments made in some of the former communist countries that are not burdened with old power structures.
		However, there are some surprises in this year's index, such as the fairly recently liberated republic of Estonia, one of the forerunners in the flat tax race, in 7th place already.
	www.cne.org /events/by_date/event_2006_0124_index_econ_free_RECAP.htm (390 words)

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