Beyond embarrassing for “the land of the free”

Posted on September 18, 2012 at 6:26 pm, by

The most astounding part of the latest freedom rankings from the Fraser Institute is the painfully rapid decline of the United States, from 2nd in 2000 to 18th this year. As a native of New Zealand, which came in third, I would caution people against reading too much into the comparisons—some things are beyond measurement—but the change over time does give me great cause for concern, as it should for Americans who value freedom.

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Fergus Hodgson

Director of fiscal policy studies at the John Locke Foundation, policy advisor with The Future of Freedom Foundation, and host of The Stateless Man radio show on the Overseas Radio Network. Although born in New Zealand, he now bases himself in the United States. You can follow him on twitter @FergHodgson (en español @Fergusito).

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