New Hampshire, Tennessee, and South Dakota topped the latest edition of the report while Puerto Rico, New Mexico and New York ...

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.

Georgia (7.56), North Dakota (7.55) and Indiana (7.51) rounded out the top 10 in economic freedom. The lowest-ranked states included Oregon (4.84), California (4.79), Hawaii (4.63), New York (4.39) ...

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 left is trying to refashion how policymakers and private-sector leaders understand their roles by insisting that their actions must have an “environmental, social, and governance” focus. This ...

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 ...

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 ...

The key issue in the 2026 gubernatorial race ought to be why, with this state’s bountiful benefits, we are weighed down by the anchor of way too much government.

Economic freedom is one of mankind’s best ideas. It is responsible for more advances in living standards, health, knowledge, multicultural harmony, and social justice than anything else we’ve come up ...

Each of the twelve economic freedoms within these categories is graded on a scale of 0 to 100. A country’s overall score is derived by averaging these twelve economic freedoms, with equal weight being ...

Small African countries are growing faster than their larger peers when it comes to being more economically free, a new report shows. ‘Economic Freedom of the World: 2021’, a report published by Free ...