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“Economic freedom has nothing directly to do with Puerto Rico's status situation," ILE executive says

Framed by Puerto Rico's recidivism as the U.S. jurisdiction with the least economic freedom, the co-authors of the Economic Freedom of North America (EFNA) 2023 report, in addition to presenting solutions and recognizing gray spots in the free market model, agreed that to achieve prosperity, the island's status should not be defined.

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Efraín Montalbán Ríos
April 26, 2024

Study ranks San Juan as hardest US city to do business in

The Center for the Study of Economic Liberty at Arizona State University recently published the “Doing Business North America 2022 Report,” which measures the ease of doing business in 83 major U.S. cities. Now in its fourth edition, the report included San Juan, Puerto Rico, for the first time as a result of the Puerto Rico Institute for Economic Liberty’s (ILE) collaboration with the center, according to the ILE.

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News is my Business
October 26, 2023

The Institute for Economic Liberty presents to Congress an updated report on the change from NAP to SNAP in Puerto Rico

Jorge L. Rodríguez, founder and president of the Institute for Economic Liberty (ILE by its name in Spanish), traveled to Washington, D.C. to present an update of the report From NAP to SNAP: A Bridge to Economic Liberty for Residents of Puerto Rico, published by ILE last year. The report presents the characteristics and operation of the federal government’s block grant currently received by the Island, for nutrition assistance, and compares and contrasts its limitations with the benefits of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

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ILE
September 26, 2023
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