Economic Freedom Of The World

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2005 Annual Report A special focus this year by Columbia University political scientist Erik Gartzke shows that economic freedom reduces war: nations with low levels of economic freedom are 14 times more prone to violent conflict than nations with high levels of economic freedom. In his striking study, Gartzke also shows that economic freedom is about 50 times more effective than democracy in diminishing violent conflict. This work has highly important policy implications. Economic Freedom of the World is the most comprehensive index of economic freedom available. It uses reproducible measures appropriate for peer-reviewed research. Approximately 200 scholarly articles have employed the data developed in this index.