The annual survey Economic Freedom of the World is an indicator produced by the Fraser Institute, a Canadian think tank which attempts to measure the degree of economic freedom in the world's nations. This indicator has been used in peer-reviewed studies some of which have found a range of beneficial effects of more economic freedom, but plays a role in the creation of financial crisis.
Economic Freedom of the World index has been more widely used than any other measure of economic freedom, because of its coverage of a longer time period.
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... The annual survey Economic Freedom of the World is an indicator of economic freedom produced by James Gwartney and Robert Lawson, and is published by the Canadian Fraser Institute ... The index uses a definition of economic freedom similar to laissez-faire capitalism and it has been more widely used than any measure of economic freedom ... According to the index, the cornerstones of economic freedom are personal choice, voluntary exchange, freedom to compete, and security of privately owned property ...
... Summary Economic Freedom Ratings for 2010 Rank Country Summary index 1 Hong Kong 8.90 2 Singapore 8.69 3 New Zealand 8.36 4 Switzerland 8.24 5 Australia 7.97 5 Canada 7.97 7 Bahrain 7.94 ...
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