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"Though Americans pride themselves on living in the "land of the free and the home of the brave," per the Star-Spangled Banner, The Canadian Fraser Institute has some news for the United States: It's not tops in the world when it comes to freedom.
That's right; the Canadian think-tank ranks the U.S. just seventh in its ranking of most and least free countries for 2013. According to the National Post, the list was published as part of a book compiled by the Fraser Institute and Germany's Liberales Institut, Towards a Worldwide Index of Human Freedom.
The Fraser Institute's website explains the publication's goal:
This project, sponsored by Canadas Fraser Institute, Germanys Liberales Institut, and the United States Cato Institute, focuses on creating the first comprehensive and conceptually consistent index of freedom, including economic freedom, and is based on the negative definition of freedomin other words, the absence of barriers or coercion that prevent individuals from acting as they might wish.
According to the South China Morning Post, the index described personal freedom as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, discrimination against homosexuals and women's rights. Economic freedoms were understood to include property sovereignty and "individuals' engagement in voluntary transactions."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/09/world-freedom-index-2013_n_2440620.html
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)and we all know what the Cato Institute is, founded by Charles Koch.
Things to be considered when evaluating their version of the "World Freedom Index"
Sid
damnedifIknow
(3,183 posts)I think I have a link stalker. Hi again Sid.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)and, being a Canadian, I notice those threads.
Many DUers may not know of the conservative leanings of The Fraser Institute. Most would know of the conservative background of the Cato Institute.
I guess posting the opinions of right-wing libertarian think tanks is somewhat better than posting the opinions of neo-nazis and holocaust deniers. You seem to be moving in the right direction.
Sid
damnedifIknow
(3,183 posts)Last edited Tue May 28, 2013, 01:24 PM - Edit history (1)
I don't believe they are.
OMG Sid do you know what this means? Huffpo went over to the dark side!
sinkingfeeling
(51,438 posts)to NZ.
damnedifIknow
(3,183 posts)Good for NZ more power to them.