InternationalCommentary
Liam Fox’s Case for Free and Open Trade
The United Kingdom on Wednesday nominated Liam Fox, former U.K. secretary of state for international trade, to be the next director-general of the World Trade… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Economic Freedom Is Ethical, Effective Alternative to Coercive Collectivism
“Under communism, individuals are merely a means to be used toward the achievement of the ends of the collective nation-state. Thus, individuals can be easily… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Indonesia: An Asian Powerhouse Growing Fast
Economic freedom has been growing markedly in Indonesia, one of America’s important partners in the Indo-Pacific region. The country’s rating in The Heritage Foundation’s annual… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Advancing Economic Freedom Is the Antidote to ‘Corrosive’ Chinese Capital
A recent study by the Center for International Private Enterprise looked into the patterns, trends, and characteristics of Chinese capital flows to six countries in Southeast Asia, and what it found were… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How Latvia Has Become a Beacon of Economic Freedom in Northern Europe
Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins has made a timely case that the U.S. and its allies should foster increased economic freedom as the world reels… Read More
Commentary
The Inter-American Development Bank’s Next President Should Advance Rule of Law, Free Markets
The Trump administration recently announced its intention to nominate Mauricio J. Claver-Carone for the presidency of the Inter-American Development Bank Group, a Washington-based regional development… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Mike Pompeo’s Call for Freedom
In his recent remarks about the challenges that China presents to free societies, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo offered a strong defense of democracy and… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Time to Revitalize America’s Economic Freedom
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell highlighted during a recent Senate Banking Committee hearing that the “best way the Federal Reserve can help reduce racial… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Iceland Reopening With Its Economic Freedom Largely Intact
Iceland, a small Nordic country, has successfully flattened the COVID-19 curve and is ready to move ahead. Life in the country seems to be almost… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Democracy and Free Markets Are the Best Antidotes to Pandemics
In a recent article, The Economist provided compelling evidence that “democracies contain epidemics most effectively.” According to the article’s analysis, … most data suggest that… Read More
