Economic Freedom

Special speech by Javier Milei, President of Argentina, at the World Economic Forum 2024

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The President of Argentina, Javier Milei, delivered a speech at the World Economic Forum 2024 in Davos, Switzerland. He spoke about the importance of economic liberty and free market capitalism for the prosperity and development of societies, in particular for reducing poverty, economic inequality, and other social welfare and environmental challenges.

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World Economic Forum
January 24, 2024

Doing Business North America: History of Economic Freedom Indices

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Our founder and president, Jorge L. Rodríguez, participated in a panel at the "Avenues to Opportunity (A2O)" conference at ASU’s Center for the Study of Economic Freedom. He was joined by Dr. Ross Emmett, director of the Center and professor at ASU and Dr. Robert Lawson, director of the Economic Freedom of the World Index and professor at Southern Methodist University.

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Arizona State University
January 12, 2024
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The Moral Argument as a Foundation of the Free Market: A Call to the Advocates of Economic Freedom in Puerto Rico

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Rafael Bernabe's statements in Jacobin magazine that there is "fertile ground for anti-capitalist ideas to advance in Puerto Rico" exemplifies the inclusion of socialism in the Western political tradition.

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Ojel L. Rodríguez Burgos
May 17, 2023

Occupational licenses, a barrier to individual prosperity

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Occupational licensing - state regulation of particular jobs - presents barriers to the economic freedom of individuals. Over time, the state has increased regulation of occupations, thereby increasing labor costs and subsistence, and limiting opportunities for access to jobs and trades. This has raised concerns for individuals, legislators and multi-sector leaders who seek to reform the sector to promote freedoms, including economic freedom, and economic growth.

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Milton J. Quiles
April 7, 2023

The reforms that will save Puerto Rico

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The preliminary costs of the bankruptcy, amounting to $1 billion so far, should be a powerful incentive for us to force structural reforms that will save Puerto Rico from a second bankruptcy and an economic cliff. It would be an act of collective folly to ignore the reasons that led us into the fiscal hole and to have become the first state government in the United States to file for bankruptcy.

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Gustavo Velez
March 23, 2023
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