Puerto Rico: America’s Greece
Pop quiz: Which economy has high unemployment, soaring debt, and beautiful beaches? If you answered Greece, you wouldn’t be wrong. But the answer is America’s… Read More
Economic Freedom in Japan: A Lot of Work Ahead
This year marks the 20th anniversary of The Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom. While Japan has dropped in its ranking in the Index of… Read More
Taiwan: The Connection Between Economic Performance and Security
This year marks the 20th anniversary of The Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal’s Index of Economic Freedom. It also marks the 35th year of a piece… Read More
More Trade, Please
Some vocal critics of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), which authorizes the President to negotiate trade agreements with other countries, argue that free trade harms U.S…. Read More
2014 Index of Economic Freedom: Five Points You Should Know
The 20th anniversary edition of the Index of Economic Freedom, published jointly by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal, was released on January… Read More
Rand Paul Speaks on U.S. Decline in Economic Freedom
This year, the United States continued to lose ground to its competitors in the global race to advance economic freedom and prosperity. Senator Rand Paul… Read More
Economy News
This Is Not a Ranking We Should Be Proud Of
Would you want to live in a country that is losing freedom? How about a country that has lost ground in property rights and become… Read More
Murder of Beauty Queen Highlights Violence in Venezuela
Over the holiday, beauty queen Monica Spears and her husband were gunned down while visiting her home country of Venezuela. The couple was traveling with… Read More
In Cristina Kirchner’s Argentina, Christmas Shoppers Are Muscled Aside by Looters
Earlier this month, widespread looting broke out in “at least 19 of Argentina’s 23 provinces” when mobs took advantage of strikes by police demanding pay… Read More
What Bitcoin Tells Us About Economic Freedom
Chinese regulators are cracking down on Bitcoin, the anonymous open-source virtual currency. Officials at China’s central bank announced this week that they were banning all… Read More
Ecuador: Chevron Trial Illustrates Poor Investment Climate
Press coverage of the just-concluded testimony phase of a racketeering trial in a New York federal court provides an excellent recent illustration of the behind-the-scenes… Read More
Did Argentina’s Lack of Economic Freedom Influence the Views of Pope Francis?
Next month, The Heritage Foundation will send a brand-new copy of the 2014 Index of Economic Freedom to the Vatican in hopes that Pope Francis… Read More
Pope Francis and America’s Obligations to the Poor
Americans are a generous and conscientious people, concerned with making sure that no one falls through the cracks and that everyone is given a fair… Read More
Tea Party Supporters Should Continue to Back Free Trade
Recent media reports have questioned whether “Tea Party” members support free trade. Historically, the record is clear: Tea partiers were America’s original free traders. In… Read More
Promoting Economic Freedom in Asia: Time for Secretary Lew to Step Up
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is touring Asia this week. He will visit Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam and end with a much-anticipated visit to… Read More
Wal-Mart and Economic Freedom in India
Wal-Mart recently decided to part ways with the Indian firm Bharti, thus ending its efforts to penetrate India. The breakdown in cooperation between the Indian… Read More
Brazil’s Internet: A Showdown of Ends and Means
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff wants to free Brazil’s Internet access from U.S. domination. Rousseff and the Brazilian government seek to accomplish this “cyber sovereignty” by… Read More
SocietyNews
New Report on Why Social + Economic Conservatism Succeeds
Politico is highlighting a new report released yesterday by the American Principles Project (APP) that shows a majority of Americans support social conservatism. APP argues… Read More
Four Charts on How Economic Freedom Makes Your Life Better
Political gridlock, the government shutdown, and Obamacare are making Americans gloomy. But, largely thanks to economic freedom and the free-market system, things aren’t so bad… Read More
Why Japan Should Reengineer Innovation
The Japanese are good at innovation. It was their reengineering techniques that propelled them to a top world competitor in the 1980s. But since stagnation… Read More
U.S.-Brazil Relations: Where Do We Go from Here?
In an unusual move, Dilma Rousseff, president of Brazil, canceled a state visit to the U.S., citing her discontent with the Obama Administration’s response in… Read More
An Opportunity for Greater U.S.-Nigeria Ties
President Obama will meet with the Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan tonight on the margins of the U.N General Assembly in New York. Counterterrorism and energy… Read More
Obama’s MCC Rewards Bad Behavior in El Salvador
Last week, the U.S. government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) approved a five-year, $277 million foreign aid compact with El Salvador. But, as Mary O’Grady reports… Read More
A Swedish (Economic) Lesson for President Obama in One Chart
President Obama is making the first ever bilateral visit to Sweden by a sitting U.S. President. As The Heritage Foundation and Swedish think tank Timbro… Read More
Morning Bell: Is America Still the Land of Labor?
For all the talk these days of how to revive our supposedly moribund American Dream, it took a college dropout-turned-actor to state the obvious. “I believe… Read More
Energy: As Mexico Finally Enters the 21st Century, Obama Parties Like It’s 1938
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto recently announced the first, very timid steps to take Mexico’s energy sector—famously nationalized in 1938 by then-President Lázaro Cárdenas—forward into… Read More
Principled Stand of the U.S. with the Baltics Still Resonates Today
Tomorrow, the leaders of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania will meet at the White House with President Barack Obama. The joint meeting provides an opportunity for… Read More
SecurityNews
Cooperation with Mexico: Key to Border Security and Stopping Transnational Crime
According to recent reports, the U.S. is in talks with Mexico to strengthen security along Mexico’s southern border. The effort reportedly includes a three-level security… Read More
Economic Freedom: Unleashing the Potential of the World’s Poor
When the government gets in the way, sometimes even the hardest-working people get stuck in poverty. In Nepal, where more than one-quarter of the population… Read More
Apple vs. Samsung: Why Is the Obama Administration Involved?
Apple and Samsung have been fighting over cell phone patents for a while. Samsung won a round in June when the U.S. International Trade Commission… Read More
