2007 Index of Economic Freedom: The Link Between Economic Opportunity and Prosperity

by Tim Kane, Kim R. Holmes, Mary Anastasia O'Grady

For over a decade, The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation, Washington's preeminent think tank, have tracked the march of economic freedom around the world with the influential Index of Economic Freedom. This year, the 2007 Index of Economic Freedom has been redesigned to be accessible to the congressional staffer and the college student, the finance minister and the financial advisor. The Index measures 10 freedoms - from property rights to entrepreneurship - in 157 countries. For the first time, the 2007 edition also analyzes regions to showcase the freest economies in every part of the world.

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Published January 16, 2007

About the author

Tim Kane is a professor at the University of Austin and research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. He is the author of 'The Immigrant Superpower' (Oxford) and ‘Bleeding Talent’ (Palgrave Macmillan). Kane also co-authored the book ‘Balance: The Economics of Great Power’ with Glenn Hubbard. Kane was born in Michigan, raised in Ohio, and served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force.