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Copyright © 2015 by the Fraser Institute.All rights reserved.Print ISBN: 9781939709905Printed in the United States of America.Cover design by Jon Meyers.Cato Institute1000 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.Washington, D.C. 20001United States of Americawww.cato.orgFraser Institute4th Floor, 1770 Burrard StreetVancouver BC,Canada V6J 3G7www.fraserinstitute.orgFriedrich Naumann Foundation for FreedomReinhardstr. 12Berlin 10117Germanywww.freiheit.org
TABLE OF CONTENTSAcknowledgments...................................................................................................................................................... 1Introduction................................................................................................................................................................3The Human Freedom Index: A Global Measurement of Personal, Civil, and Economic Freedom..........................5Executive Summary..............................................................................................................................................5Introduction..........................................................................................................................................................6Concept and Approach.............................................................................................................................................. 6What the Personal Freedom Index Measures........................................................................................................... 9Findings......................................................................................................................................................................14Freedom and Democracy..........................................................................................................................................22Conclusion: Toward a Better Appreciation of Freedom..........................................................................................23Appendix A: Areas, Components, and Sub-components of the Economic Freedom of the World Index..........24Appendix B: Data Sources for the Human Freedom Index...............................................................................26Appendix C: Description and Methodology of Data Sources.......................................................................... 27Appendix D: Human Freedom Index 2008....................................................................................................... 37Appendix E: Human Freedom Index 2010.........................................................................................................49Appendix F: Human Freedom Index 2011..........................................................................................................62Appendix G: Human Freedom Index 2012........................................................................................................75Appendix H: 2012 Freedom Index Rankings (by Personal Freedom)...............................................................88Appendix I: 2012 Freedom Index Rankings (by Economic Freedom)...............................................................92Appendix J: Human Freedom Indices (in Alphabetical Order)........................................................................96Appendix K: Countries by Region...................................................................................................................100Appendix L: 2012 Human Freedom Index Rankings and Democracy Index................................................... 102Notes................................................................................................................................................................106About the Co-publishers........................................................................................................................................108
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