Those who live in the freest jurisdictions in the world earn more than three times as much as those in the least-free.
human freedom
Many of us who live in the Free World recognize that free government, free exchange, free expression, free markets and free trade deliver better outcomes than autocracy, autarky, control, conformity and coercion. However, among those who have come of age in the decades since the end of the Cold War, there is neither an innate sense that freedom is better than the alternative nor a default belief in the power of individual liberty.
People who live in freer societies earn more money, live longer lives and enjoy higher levels of happiness.
In the vast South Asia region, only Bhutan escaped growing repression since 2019.
President Miguel Diaz-Canel has essentially called for violence against protesters.
The Heritage Foundation has dropped Hong Kong from its 2021 Index of Economic Freedom.