Walter E. Williams: Economic freedom lifts countries from poverty

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If you?re looking for a map of world poverty, check out the “2007 Index of Economic Freedom,” jointly published by the Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal. You might think that?s a strangely titled source for a poverty map.

The 13th edition of the “Index of Economic Freedom” examines 10 economic characteristics of 157 countries.

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