21/01/2010 11:21:36 am
Economic Freedom and the Crisis. The 2010 Index of Economic Freedom (Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal) has been published. Among the conclusions, one can find that half the studied countries decreased economic freedom in response to the financial crisis. Another conclusion is that big stimulus packages had no effect on economic growth in the countries that launched them. The big economy that has decreased economic freedom the most is the United States. My home country Sweden saw a substantial increase in economic freedom, reaching its highest level so far, and is now number 21 in the world.

Read the Executive Summary here. See the rankings here.