Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam writes about state and local policy and urban economic issues. The positive relationship between economic freedom and ...

There is a reason why economic freedom also results in a better life for all, and Austrian economists know that better than ...

For those who confuse correlation with causation, a friend would joke that playing basketball in the NBA makes you taller. Previous articles have shown that greater economic freedom correlates with ...

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 ...

On June 3, AEI hosted former Senator Phil Gramm and George Mason University’s Donald J. Boudreaux for a discussion with AEI President Robert Doar on the authors’ new book, The Triumph of Economic ...

The ability to choose your job, start a business, own property, or decide how to spend your paycheck may seem natural to most Americans. Yet for billions around the world, the most basic economic ...

TORONTO, Sept. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Global economic freedom has declined for the fourth year in a row, finds the annual Economic Freedom of the World report published today by the Fraser Institute.

For generations, people worldwide who yearn for freedom have looked to the United States. Here, every citizen can speak his mind, pursue his passion, and exercise other God-given liberties that are ...

Prominent leaders from corporations and the community in Montgomery, Alabama, partner with the National Business League to digitize 1 million Black businesses to form the “The Black Economic Freedom ...

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 ...

New Delhi, Feb 10: The Heritage Institute's Index of Economic Freedom has classified Pakistan as a “repressed” economy, ...