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Chapters from Previous Years
  • 2007 Index of Economic Freedom
    • Ch.1 - Global Inequality Fades as the Global Economy Grows
      by Xavier Sala-i-Martin
      [PDF: English | Spanish]
    • Ch. 2 - The Urgent Need for Labor Freedom in Europe-and the World
      by Johnny Munkhammar
      [PDF: English | Spanish]
  • 2006 Index of Economic Freedom
    • Ch. 2 - The Failures of State Schooling in Developing Countries and the People’s Response
      by James Tooley and Pauline Dixon
      [PDF: English | Spanish]
    • Ch. 3 - Grassroots Capitalism Thrives in India
      by Barun S. Mitra
      [PDF: English | Spanish]
    • Ch. 4 - Informal Finance: Encouraging the Entrepreneurial Spirit in Post-Mao China
      by Michael Gonzalez
      [PDF: English | Spanish]
  • 2005 Index of Economic Freedom
    • Ch. 2 - Global Terrorism and the Global Economy: Unpeaceful Coexistence
      by James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
      [PDF: English | Spanish]
    • Ch. 3 - The Benefits of a Global Free Trade Alliance
      by John C. Hulsman, Ph.D., Brett D. Schaefer, and Anthony B. Kim
      [PDF: English | Spanish]
    • Ch. 4 - Antidumping Abuses Threaten the Gains in Global Free Trade
      by Mary Anastasia O’Grady
      [PDF: English | Spanish]
  • 2004 Index of Economic Freedom
    • Ch. 2 - The Economics of Tax Competition: Harmonization vs. Liberalization
      by Daniel J. Mitchell
      [PDF: English | Spanish]
    • Ch. 3 - Weighting the Components of the Index of Economic Freedom
      by Richard Roll
      [PDF: English | Spanish]
    • Ch. 4 - The Common Agricultural Policy: How the European Union Distorts Trade with Non-EU Nations
      by Brian M. Carney
      [PDF: English | Spanish]
  • 2003 Index of Economic Freedom
    • Ch. 1 - The Role of Property Rights in Economic Growth
      by William W. Beach and Gerald P. O'Driscoll, Jr.
      [PDF: English | Spanish]
    • Ch. 2 - In the Middle East, Arbitrary Government Feeds Rage
      by Robert L. Pollock
      [PDF: English | Spanish]
    • Ch. 3 - How Estonia Did It
      by Mart Laar
      [PDF: English | Spanish]
    • Ch. 4 - Scandinavia’s Changing Political and Economic Landscape
      by Sara J. Fitzgerald
      [PDF: English | Spanish]
  • 2002 Index of Economic Freedom
    • Ch. 2 - Too Many Promises: How Latin American Constitutions Weaken the Rule of Law
      by Mary Anastasia O'Grady
      [PDF: English | Spanish]
    • Ch. 3 - Property Rights: The Key to Economic Growth
      by Lee Hoskins and Ana I. Eiras
      [PDF: English | Spanish]
    • Ch. 4 - Property Rights Ambiguity and the Effect of Foreign Investment Decisions on Firm Value
      by Philip C. English II and William T. Moore
      [PDF: English | Spanish]
  • 2001 Index of Economic Freedom
  • 2000 Index of Economic Freedom
    • Ch. 2 - Rule of Law, Democracy and Economic Performance
      by Robert J. Barro, Ph.D.
      [PDF: English]
    • Ch. 3 - Economic Freedom and Corruption
      by Alejandro A. Chafuen and Eugenio Guzmán
      [PDF: English]
    • Ch. 4 - The Lodestar of Economic Health
      by Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
      [PDF: English]