James M. Roberts is the research fellow in freedom and growth at The Heritage Foundation's Center for International Trade and Economics. Roberts' primary responsibility is to produce the Index of Economic Freedom, an influential annual analysis of the economic climate of countries throughout the world.
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The results of The Heritage Foundation’s 2021 edition of the Index of Economic Freedom will be announced soon. But here is a sneak peek: economic… Read More
InternationalCommentary
President Joe Biden spoke to a hastily thrown together virtual meeting of the Group of Seven last week. Given the short duration of Friday’s summit… Read More
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As Alexis Mrachek of The Heritage Foundation has reported, Russian protesters have taken to the streets in recent weeks to express widespread anger and frustration… Read More
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Last year, The Heritage Foundation analyzed the risk to American taxpayers from a plan pushed by progressives and the international left to massively increase the… Read More
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As a group of American apparel companies noted in a letter last month to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act… Read More
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The battle for the future of economic freedom in Guyana is being waged right now. Its gross domestic product growth has improved in anticipation of… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Ecuador dramatically rose in rank in the 2020 edition of The Heritage Foundation’s annual Index of Economic Freedom. With an economic freedom score of 51.3… Read More
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With a score of 65.8 in The Heritage Foundation’s annual Index of Economic Freedom, Costa Rica is the most economically free country in the traditional… Read More
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Colombia in late April became the 37th nation to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, successfully completing an accession process that began in… Read More
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Chile’s overall economic freedom score of 76.8 made the South American nation’s economy the 15th-freest in the world in The Heritage Foundation’s 2020 Index of… Read More
