Index of Economic Freedom

The Index of Economic Freedom is an annual index and ranking created in 1995 by the Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal to measure the degree of economic freedom in the world's nations. The creators of the index assert that they take an approach inspired by Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, that "basic institutions that protect the liberty of individuals to pursue their own economic interests result in greater prosperity for the larger society".

References

"Executive Summary"
https://web.archive.org/web/20080227044144/http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/chapters/pdf/index2008_execsum.pdf
"Methodology; Measuring the 10 Economic Freedoms"
https://web.archive.org/web/20080227044142/http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/chapters/pdf/Index2008_Chap4.pdf
www
https://web.archive.org/web/20101117115227/http://www.heritage.org/Index/about
Wall Street Journal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB120036519907490279?mod=Letters
The Heritage Foundation
https://web.archive.org/web/20080227044140/http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/chapters/pdf/index2008_chap1.pdf
"In Pursuit of Happiness Research: Is It Reliable? What Does It Imply for Policy?" Archived December 19, 2022, at the Wa
http://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/pa590.pdf
The Journal of Socio-Economics
https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.socec.2005.11.054
More Freedom = More Happiness Archived 29 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Public Issues, Libertad Desarrollo, No. 7
http://164.77.202.58/LYD/Controls/Neochannels/Neo_CH3996/deploy/TP-750-More%20freedom%20More%20happiness-23-01-2006.pdf
"Chapter2: Economic Freedom and Peace" Archived 16 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Erik Gartzke, in Economic Freedo
http://www.cato.org/pubs/efw/efw2005/efw2005-2.pdf
"Economic Freedom Holding Steady, 14th Index of Economic Freedom Shows"
https://web.archive.org/web/20080118184739/http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/DC1147215012008-1.htm
The Heritage Foundation
https://web.archive.org/web/20110219202249/http://www.heritage.org/index/pdf/2011/Index2011_ExecutiveHighlights.pdf
Heritage
https://web.archive.org/web/20110220061028/http://www.heritage.org/Index/pdf/2011/Index2011_Chapter1.pdf
Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/global-economic-freedom-dipped-last-year-annual-survey-says-hong-kong-remains-worlds-freest/2012/01/12/gIQADkyisP_story.html
The Washington Times
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/17/still-in-top-10-but-falling-fast/?page=1
The Wall Street Journal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204257504577151241847335540?mod=googlenews_wsj
IndyStar
https://web.archive.org/web/20120319203320/http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080122%2FOPINION%2F801220318%2F-1%2FLOCAL17
"Hong Kong dropped from Economic Freedom Index as policies 'controlled from Beijing'", Reuters, March 4, 2021
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN2AW0OA/
The Diplomat
https://thediplomat.com/2022/08/has-turkmenistans-transition-to-a-market-economy-been-a-success/
The Business Standard
https://www.tbsnews.net/economy/bangladesh-slips-17-notches-economic-freedom-index-371851
Carolina Journal -
https://www.carolinajournal.com/freedom-u-s-dips-to-record-low-in-global-rankings/