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Index Of Economic Freedom

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How Trump's Tariffs Can Paradoxically Raise Economic Freedom

May 15, 2026 3 min read

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Peter St. Onge, PhD

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COMMENTARY

America Needs Taiwan To Win the Semiconductor Race

Mar 12, 2025 4 min read

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Michael Cunningham

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HERITAGE EXPLAINS

The Real Cost of New Zealand’s Dramatic COVID-19 Response

New Zealand is consistently ranked in the Heritage Index of Economic Freedom as one of the freest economies in the world, due

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HERITAGE EXPLAINS

Is This the End of a Free Hong Kong?

Michelle Cordero: From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Michelle Cordero and this is Heritage Explains.

This week, about two

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HERITAGE EXPLAINS

The Troubling Situation in Venezuela

TIM DOESCHER: The citizens of Venezuela have seen better days. The once wealthy booming nation is now mired by extreme

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