Matthew Mitchell Do economic rivalries between Texas and California or New York and Florida feel like yet another sign that ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON – The Heritage Foundation released its latest edition of the annual Index of Economic Freedom today. The 2025 Index, which covers economic policies and conditions in 184 countries from the ...

North Carolina isn’t quite First in Freedom. But over the past decade and a half, we’ve taken tremendous strides in the right ...

In a study published earlier this year, we highlighted the fact that New Mexico was the only state in the U.S. to have lost ...

Anthony Kim is a research fellow in economic freedom, editor of the Index of Economic Freedom, and manager of global engagement in the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation.

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 ...

The Sultanate of Oman made a significant leap in the 2024 Economic Freedom Index issued by the Heritage Foundation, jumping 39 places to reach 56th in the world, up from 95th in the previous year. The ...

Alberta again posts the highest economic-freedom score in Canada, but ranks 30th in North America, the Fraser Institute says ...

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 ...

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 ...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong has been excluded from the Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom because its economic policies are controlled from Beijing, the Washington-based think tank ...