After a seven-year hiatus from the top 10, the United States once again ranks as one of the freest economies in the world. According to a new report published by the Canadian think tank the Fraser Institute, the U.S. is now the sixth-freest economy on Earth.

This improved ranking should encourage Americans, because the Economic Freedom of the World, or EFW, report consistently finds an intrinsic link between economic freedom and human well-being.