US Drops Out of Top Ten Countries for Economic Freedom
Down to 12th place
Would you want to live in a country that is losing freedom?
How about a country that has lost ground in property rights and become more corrupt?
If you're an American, you're living there.
The 20th anniversary edition of the Index of Economic Freedom reveals that the United States has dropped out of the top 10 freest economies in the world.
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But my circular reasoning says that all the distortions and disasters caused by intervention can only be solved by more intervention!