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Economic Freedom

Opinion and Commentary


"Delayed Economic Reform Killed 14.5 Million Children," by Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, Economic Times (India), November 15, 2009

"Celebrate Fall of Wall, Freedom Every Day," by Doug Bandow, Detroit News, November 9, 2009

"The Road From Serfdom," by Marian L. Tupy, The American, November 7, 2009

"Che Guevara and the West," by Marian L. Tupy, RealClearWorld.com, November 6, 2009

"The Spirit of 1989," by Doug Bandow, American Spectator, November 6, 2009

"Murderous Idealism," by Paul Hollander, Washington Post, November 2, 2009

"Twenty Years Later: Why the Berlin Wall Fell," by Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, Times of India, October 25, 2009

"Iran's Death Spiral," by Steve H. Hanke, Globe Asia, September 16, 2009

"Will Dr. Gloom and Dr. Doom's Latvian Domino Fall?," by Steve H. Hanke, Globe Asia, July 21, 2009

"The Big Joke," by Doug Bandow, American Spectator (Online), June 15, 2009

"Market Capitalism Beats Bolivarian Socialism," by Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar, Forbes, March 22, 2009

"El Salvador's Choice," by Juan Carlos Hidalgo, Cato.org, March 13, 2009

"Unlocking Potential," by James A. Dorn, South China Morning Post, February 27, 2009

"How Economic Freedom Declined under Bush," by Robert Lawson and Joshua Hall, South China Morning Post, January 30, 2009

"Consequences of the Bailout," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, December 14, 2008

"Georgia's Wise Decisions," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, October 15, 2008

"Should Taxpayers Fund the American Dream?," by Daniel J. Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, October 13, 2008

"Study Ranks Canada Economically Freer," by Will Wilkinson, Marketplace, September 24, 2008

"Olympian Task," by James A. Dorn, South China Morning Post, August 30, 2008

"China Grows 'Faster, Higher, Stronger'," by James A. Dorn, Far Eastern Economic Review, August 11, 2008

"Olympics Are for Sport, Not Politics," by Ilya Shapiro, Marketplace, July 10, 2008

"Africa: Sadness and Irony in Continent's Economic Choices," by Marian L. Tupy, Business Day, July 9, 2008

"Disaster Protection," by James A. Dorn, South China Morning Post, May 27, 2008

"China's Financial Repression," by James A. Dorn, Washington Times, May 21, 2008

"Che's Way," by Gabriela Calderon de Burgos, American Spectator (Online), April 1, 2008

"Raw Deal," by Sallie James, San Francisco Chronicle, December 27, 2007

"Euro Thaw Not What It Seems," by Leon T. Hadar, United Press International, November 30, 2007

"Economic Freedom: Indonesia Underperforms," by Steve H. Hanke, Globe Asia, September 21, 2007

"Economic Freedom Breeds Prosperity," by James A. Dorn, Caijing, September 17, 2007

"In the End, Yeltsin Went the Way of Freedom," by Andrei Illarionov, Moscow Times (Russia), April 28, 2007

"Financial Repression Dogs China," by James A. Dorn, Australian Financial Review, October 3, 2006

"The Case for Economic Liberalism," by James A. Dorn, South China Morning Post, August 23, 2006

"A Champion of Liberty," by Marian L. Tupy, TCSdaily.com, April 20, 2006

"China’s Dilemma," by James A. Dorn, Baltimore Examiner, April 19, 2006

"Spreading Capitalism Is Good for Peace," by Doug Bandow, Korea Herald, November 10, 2005

"There's Power In Economic Liberty," by James D. Gwartney and Robert Lawson, Investor's Business Daily, September 9, 2005

"Zhao’s Market-Liberal Vision," by James A. Dorn, Apple Daily, January 26, 2005

"Letters to the Editor: Iraq's State-Owned Oil Nullifies Market Economy," by Steve H. Hanke, Financial Times, December 23, 2004

"Altruism? Bah, Humbug," by Radley Balko, Apple Daily, December 22, 2004

"Does Hong Kong Work Too Much?," by Marian L. Tupy, Apple Daily, October 28, 2004

"Lou Dobbs and the History of Apartheid," by Marian L. Tupy, Cato.org, August 30, 2004

"Hong Kong: Still On Top, But For How Long?," by Marian L. Tupy, Apple Daily, July 28, 2004

"Economic Freedom and Confusion in Latin America," by Ian Vásquez, National Review (Online), July 21, 2004

"How the West was Lost?," by Marian L. Tupy, Cato.org, July 17, 2004

"Tallying Presidential Economic Success," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, June 18, 2004

"Free Market Is the Answer," by Michael F. Cannon, USA Today, June 15, 2004

"South Africa's Potential," by Marian L. Tupy, Washington Times, June 6, 2004

"15 Years after Tiananmen," by James A. Dorn, Investor's Business Daily, June 4, 2004

"Europe's New Oppressors," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, June 1, 2004

"Demographics and Destiny," by Alan Reynolds, Washington Times, May 24, 2004

"Lower Taxes, Bitte," by Marian L. Tupy, Cato.org, May 7, 2004

"Are Poor Countries Better Off Without Banks?," by Robert E. Anderson, Fox News (Online), April 22, 2004

"Tax Code Kills Civil Liberties," by Chris Edwards, Washington Times, April 15, 2004

"Dangerous Minds: Hernando de Soto," by Gene Healy, Fox News (Online), April 14, 2004

"Putin and the Reformers," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, April 14, 2004

"Mitteleuropa: German Threat Resurgent," by Marian L. Tupy, Cato.org, April 14, 2004

"How Hong Kong Can Build A Great Society," by James A. Dorn, South China Morning Post, March 11, 2004

"Lord Bauer Was Right," by James A. Dorn, Investor's Business Daily, March 1, 2004

"Why Prohibitions on Internet Gambling Won't Work," by Koleman Strumpf, Fox News (Online), February 11, 2004

"Fox in the Henhouse," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, January 22, 2004

"Pushing Iraq to Socialism or Capitalism?," by Carlos Ball, Cato.org, January 15, 2004

"The Case for Market Liberalism," by James A. Dorn, Investor's Business Daily, January 14, 2004

"Opening the Door to Economic Freedom," by James A. Dorn, South China Morning Post, January 8, 2004

"Trading Up with Neighborhoods," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, December 16, 2003

"Betting on Bulgaria," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, November 16, 2003

"Like It Or Not, Free Speech Protects Telemarketers, Too," by Robert A. Levy, Investor's Business Daily, October 10, 2003

"Is Our Economic Freedom Eroding?," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, September 26, 2003

"What Beijing needs to learn from Hong Kong," by James A. Dorn, South China Morning Post, September 26, 2003

"Slash Domestic Spending to Pay for Rising War Cost," by Charles V. Peña and Veronique de Rugy, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 24, 2003

"U.S. Policy Has Gone South," by Carlos Ball, Los Angeles Times, September 9, 2003

"Free Iraq's Market," by Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. and W. Lee Hoskins, New York Post, August 24, 2003

"The Future of Liberalism in China," by James A. Dorn, Washington Times, August 7, 2003

"Comparing the U.S. and EU Constitutions," by William A. Niskanen, Taipei Times, August 4, 2003

"A New Mantra for China: Seek Truth From Freedom," by James A. Dorn, South China Morning Post, July 26, 2003

"Perils of State-Owned News Outlets," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, June 5, 2003

"Free Trade, Not Lots Of Aid, Should Be U.S.' Focus In Iraq," by Ian Vásquez, Investor's Business Daily, May 12, 2003

"Legality a la France?," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, May 1, 2003

"Reality Lapses," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, April 18, 2003

"Markets Created a Pot of Gold in Ireland," by Benjamin Powell, Fox News (Online), April 15, 2003

"Tax Plan Revival?," by Stephen Moore, Washington Times, April 6, 2003

"Tax Cut Facts and Fantasies," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, April 4, 2003

"Constructive Revenge," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, March 20, 2003

"Europe's New Constitution: Philadelphia It Is Not," by Patrick Basham and Marian L. Tupy, Scripps Howard, March 4, 2003

"Trade Brings Security," by Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. and Sara Fitzgerald, Cato.org, February 11, 2003

"The Economic Ruin of Europe," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, February 6, 2003

"Liberty Will Survive Hong Kong's New Laws," by Brink Lindsey, Financial Times, February 4, 2003

"Follow the Money: Confusion at Treasury," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, January 23, 2003

"Time to Reassess the Role of the IMF in the U.S. Foreign Policy," by Marian L. Tupy, Investor's Business Daily, January 22, 2003

"The Paper Chase," by Tim Lynch, Forbes, January 20, 2003

"Liberalizing China's Financial Sector," by James A. Dorn, China Online, December 6, 2002

"Pinning Hopes on Tax Competition," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, December 5, 2002

"What Changes Should Be Made to the Washington Consensus?," by Ian Vásquez, Latin America Advisor, November 12, 2002

"It's the Third World -- Not the West -- That's Unsustainable," by Jerry Taylor, National Review (Online), August 28, 2002

"Brazil Breathes Life into the Era of Big Bailouts," by Ian Vásquez, Washington Times, August 25, 2002

"Punishment with Widening Ripples," by Richard W. Rahn, Washington Times, August 14, 2002

"Godzilla Lives Here," by P.J. O'Rourke, Cato.org, May 26, 2002

"Bauer Power," by James A. Dorn, Cato.org, May 9, 2002

"President Bush Should Withdraw Clinton Era IRS Regulation," by Veronique de Rugy, Washington Times, December 20, 2001

"Repression Breeds Terrorism," by Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr., Kim Holmes and Mary O'Grady, The Wall Street Journal, November 12, 2001

"China Needs Market Taoism," by James A. Dorn, Korea Herald, December 7, 1999

"The Death of Communism in China," by James A. Dorn, Journal of Commerce, March 5, 1999

"Measuring Economic Freedom," by Robert Lawson, Journal of Commerce, August 15, 1997

"Why Socialism Collapsed in Eastern Europe," by Tom G. Palmer, Cato.org, September 30, 1990



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