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Ranking Economic Freedom With the Heritage Foundation's James Roberts

Description:"Economic Freedom peaked about seven or eight years ago in the U.S. and has been dropping since then," claims James Roberts, Heritage Foundation Research Fellow and co-author of the 2012 Index of Economic Freedom. For over a decade the Heritage Foundation has been ranking countries based on a number of indices, including open markets, regulatory efficiency, and the size and scope of government. Due primarily to costly regulations and rapid government expansion. (6:36)

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Tags: Economic Freedom Rankings , economic freedom , Free Economies , Global Government Size