Birthdays are traditionally a time for receiving presents, but on this Fourth of July, Americans celebrate a gift they have ...

The 2025 Index reveals stagnation in economic freedom worldwide, with an average score of 59.7 points, up by just 1.1 points. Only three countries—Singapore, Switzerland, ...

The Heritage Foundation’s 2025 Index of Economic Freedom ranked Georgia’s business climate as equivalent to that in Belgium, the host nation for the European Union’s executive institutions. Georgia ...

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.

Of 184 countries graded in the 2025 Index of Economic Freedom, Taiwan finished at number four—trailing only its neighbors Singapore, Switzerland, and Ireland.

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.

Index of Economic Freedom, Heritage Foundation . MORE FOR YOU. In the country’s current context, the war in Ukraine, of course, looms large. When Russia invaded Crimea in 2014, ...

The Index of Economic Freedom, published annually by The Heritage Foundation, highlights just how vital economic freedom is and ranks countries based on how well they uphold it.

According to the Fraser Institute’s “Economic Freedom of the World” index, U.S. trade freedom peaked in the 1990s at eighth in the world.