The U.S. Isn't As Economically Free As It Used to Be
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The U.S. Isn't As Economically Free As It Used to Be
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#2Rather than just the simple ranking of all countries shown in the article it would be quite interesting to see some sort of graph showing the scores actually achieved. In particular I'm curious whether the scores achieved are fairly evenly spread out or are grouped together in somewhat separate 'tiers'.
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#3Rather than just the simple ranking of all countries shown in the article it would be quite interesting to see some sort of graph showing the scores actually achieved. In particular I'm curious whether the scores achieved are fairly evenly spread out or are grouped together in somewhat separate 'tiers'.
there's a lot more data in pdf form at http://www.heritage.org/index/
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#4I wonder if we can get some posts about death panels on HN while we're at it.
Re: The U.S. Isn't As Economically Free As It Used to Be
#5Rather than just the simple ranking of all countries shown in the article it would be quite interesting to see some sort of graph showing the scores actually achieved. In particular I'm curious whether the scores achieved are fairly evenly spread out or are grouped together in somewhat separate 'tiers'.
there's a lot more data in pdf form at http://www.heritage.org/index/
The index is mostly useless, just a collection of random quantifiers averaged together with little apparent thought put into variable selection, weighting or statistical methods. It is useful as a collection of data sources though.
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
there's a lot more data in pdf form at http://www.heritage.org/index/
The index is mostly useless, just a collection of random quantifiers averaged together with little apparent thought put into variable selection, weighting or statistical methods. It is useful as a collection of data sources though.
Well, once you collect the data, you just list the countries in roughly the order that you want them in for unrelated ideological reasons. Then the weightings work themselves out - it's plug and play!
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
there's a lot more data in pdf form at http://www.heritage.org/index/
The index is mostly useless, just a collection of random quantifiers averaged together with little apparent thought put into variable selection, weighting or statistical methods. It is useful as a collection of data sources though.
I think it maps rather closely to, "If I were really, really rich, what would the ranking of countries look like based on how much I wanted to live there?"
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
there's a lot more data in pdf form at http://www.heritage.org/index/
The index is mostly useless, just a collection of random quantifiers averaged together with little apparent thought put into variable selection, weighting or statistical methods. It is useful as a collection of data sources though.
Is it possible to quantify the level of respect governments have for property right?
Is it possible to quantify the level of regulations and rules made up by government?
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#9And in other news, sources have confirmed that water is still wet. Film at 11.
Is there anyone who actually believes that the US has not lost economic freedom, when the mortgage and auto industries are under government control, with healthcare shortly to follow?
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#10Rather than just the simple ranking of all countries shown in the article it would be quite interesting to see some sort of graph showing the scores actually achieved. In particular I'm curious whether the scores achieved are fairly evenly spread out or are grouped together in somewhat separate 'tiers'.
I thought exactly the same, so I made a chart:
http://saffell.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/dist.jpg
Sorry it's not a histogram, but you get a sense of the distribution. The full data is at: http://saffell.wordpress.com/2010/01/21/distribution-of-2010...
(3 countries below 30 are not on chart)