Index of Economic Freedom
Annual index and ranking created in 1995 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the index published by the Wall Street Journal and the Heritage Foundation. For other indices, see Indices of economic freedom.
The Index of Economic Freedom is an annual index and ranking created in 1995 by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal to measure the degree of economic freedom in the world's nations. The creators of the index assert that they take an approach inspired by Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, that "basic institutions that protect the liberty of individuals to pursue their own economic interests result in greater prosperity for the larger society".[1][2][page needed]