Chris
09-18-2012, 03:36 PM
The conservative Canadian Fraser Institute has released its Annual Economic Freedom of the World Report (http://www.freetheworld.com/release.html).
Canada has moved up to 5th position while the US has dropped to 18th.
http://i.snag.gy/UQeoi.jpg
This is consistent with the American Heritage's similar Annual Index of Economic freedom (http://www.heritage.org/index/ranking) where Canada has been rising while the US is slipping.
Canada rises to Top Five in world economic freedom ranking as U.S. plummets to 18th (http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/09/18/canada-rises-to-top-five-in-world-economic-freedom-ranking-as-u-s-plummets-to-18th/) has put together a side-by-side comparison of CA and the US in 2005 and 2010, which gives some indication of the measures used:
http://i.snag.gy/TQimJ.jpg
Is there any question but that we, the US, are headed in the wrong direction?
Canada has moved up to 5th position while the US has dropped to 18th.
http://i.snag.gy/UQeoi.jpg
This is consistent with the American Heritage's similar Annual Index of Economic freedom (http://www.heritage.org/index/ranking) where Canada has been rising while the US is slipping.
Canada rises to Top Five in world economic freedom ranking as U.S. plummets to 18th (http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/09/18/canada-rises-to-top-five-in-world-economic-freedom-ranking-as-u-s-plummets-to-18th/) has put together a side-by-side comparison of CA and the US in 2005 and 2010, which gives some indication of the measures used:
http://i.snag.gy/TQimJ.jpg
Is there any question but that we, the US, are headed in the wrong direction?