Indices of Economic Freedom

[frissell at panix.com]

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At 06:31 PM 12/5/97 -0500, Brian B. Riley wrote:

> What are the criteria for these 'indices of economic freedom' ??? 
>
> Thanks

There are two competing indices:

ECONOMIC FREEDOM OF THE WORLD 1997

http://192.197.214.46/cgi-
bin/foliocgi.exe/fraser.nfo/query=*/doc/{t62614,16444}?

Published by CATO, The Fraser Institute, and most of the other Market Liberal 
think tanks of the world.

The components of their Index can be found at:

http://192.197.214.46/cgi-
bin/foliocgi.exe/Images97.nfo/object/Bitmap/FREE1997+!2D+EX1!2D1/object.gif?

and 

The Index of Economic Freedom 

http://www.townhall.com:80/heritage/library/categories/forpol/econ_index/toc.h
tml.cgi

Published by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal.

The components of their Index can be found at:

http://www.townhall.com:80/heritage/library/categories/forpol/econ_index/ch4.h
tml.tlr

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