Economic freedom is one of the main drivers of prosperity, as the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of North America index (EFNA) has illustrated—and hundreds of independent studies have confirmed.
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Regulations are difficult to remove once implemented, as they create groups in society with vested interests in preserving regulations
The self-styled “land of the free” is not as free as it once was—or as we in the United States think of ourselves.
Ontario’s unemployment rate has been above the national average every year since 2007.
It’s just a matter of time before the Eurozone is yet again bombarded by Greek fiscal fire. Every few days or weeks, Greece roots around, looking under the couch cushions for spare change, this to make its next round of debt payments.
A number of pundits and activists regularly claim CEOs are grossly overpaid compared to average workers.
This year’s Economic Freedom of North America 2014 (EFNA) report shows that, once again, while we are the United States, our states have bigger differences than climate, seasons and terrain.
When Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa announced a budget update and a revised, lower forecast for provincial economic growth, it was yet another piece of evidence that Ontario’s economy is sluggish. But Ontario’s problems run deeper than just one fiscal update from one finance minister.