America’s embarrassingly low economic freedom ranking

Published September 15, 2016 7:32pm ET



Americans love to win, especially when it comes to proving we’re freer than the citizens of other countries. But we continue to lose when it comes to our economic freedom ranking.

According to the annual rankings from the Fraser Institute in Canada, the U.S. ranks 16th in the world for economic freedom. That puts the country behind Canada, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom, among others.

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