Fraser Forum

Economic Freedom

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Nighttime light intensity exposes failure of autocratic regimes

Nighttime light is artificial so its level should depict—all else being equal—levels of development.


3:53PM
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New federal legislation should remind Canadians of Orwell’s 1984

The government wants to make speech crimes punishable by house arrest, jail time or electronic monitoring.


11:30AM
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Canadians right to worry about ‘big government’ agenda

When governments limit economic freedom, citizens find it harder to buy and sell what they want.


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Central planning from the inside—an interview with a Soviet-era economist

When more resources are controlled by politicians and the bureaucracy, there's more favouritism and discrimination.


4:30AM
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Economic freedom can help improve allocation of human capital for men and women
The gender wage gap is largely explained by differences in the educational and employment choices of men and women.

2:30AM
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‘New Socialist Man’ was a selfish corrupt cheat

With no carrots in the form of market incentives, socialist leaders deployed a terrifying array of sticks.


9:42AM
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Singapore is not China—and some U.S. politicians should study the difference

The average Singaporean earns about 30 per cent more than the average American.


9:30AM
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Measuring human freedom—Hong Kong plummets to 46th worldwide

Those who live in the freest jurisdictions in the world earn more than three times as much as those in the least-free.


11:17AM
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James Gwartney helped make the world more free and prosperous

The Economic Freedom of the World index has grown to cover several dozen indicators in 165 countries.


10:48AM
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Sweden’s much more ‘free market’ than you think

The country deregulated markets in the 1990s, privatized state-owned companies, cut spending and reduced taxes.


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