Monetary Freedom News Today

President Benigno S. “Noynoy” Aquino III made a pledge to the voters of The Philippines who elected him in a 2010 landslide to reduce long-standing and endemic corruption. If he can deliver on the promise he will increase economic freedom.

Thursday, March 11 2021 One need only compare the five freest nations (Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, Switzerland and Ireland) to the five most repressed nations (Zimbabwe, Sudan, Cuba, Venezuela and North Korea) to understand the obvious correlation between freedom and prosperity. The United States’ economic freedom score is 74.8, making its economy the 20th freest in the 2021 Index.  Its overall score has decreased by 1.8 points, primarily because of a decline in fiscal health.  The ...