Economic freedom: improving lives around the world

Traces the development of the Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom of the World and supports its theory that economic freedom contributes to the prosperity of individuals and nations while government intervention prevents them from making mutually beneficial transactions. Statistics that compare the economic freedom of nations show that economic freedom reduces poverty, does not increase income inequality, destroys many of the raw materials of corruption, promotes civil and political freedom, and allows people to care for themselves and achieve better human development outcomes.