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Fall 2004

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 20, Number 1

Categories: Fall 2004 | Freedom

What Have We Learned from the Economic Freedom of the World Index?

James Gwartney, Florida State University

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WhatHaveWeLearnedfromtheEconomicFreedomoftheWorldIndex?1JamesGwartneyFloridaStateUniversityWhenyouhaveaco-author,suchasBobLawson,introducingyouandwhoexpectstocontinueworkingwithyouinthefuture,hecanreallymaketheintroductionsoundgood.Ireallyappreciateandamdeeplyhonoredtobetherecipientofthisyear=sAdamSmithaward.Reviewingthelistofpeoplewhohavewonthisawardinthepastmanyofthemaremyheroes:Ofcourse,peoplelikeJimBuchananandDougNorth,butalsoArmandAlchain,HaroldDemsetz,VernonSmithandsoon.It=shardtoimaginemynamebeingaddedtothatlist.Iamdeeplyhonoredbyit.Myco-authorsdeserveabigshareofthisaward.I=vecoauthoredsomanythings.IguessthatisthesecrettogettingthingsdoneBworkwithalotofsmartco-authors.ManyofthemarehereCRickStroup,RussSobel,andBobLawson,aswellasMichaelWalkerwithwhomIhaveworkedcloselyonanumberofprojects.It=saspecialhonortoreceivethisawardatthesametimeMikewillbereceivingtheThomasJeffersonAwardforhiscontributiontoeconomicfreedomandgoodgovernment.IwouldalsoliketoexpressmycongratulationstotheAssociationofPrivateEnterpriseEducationforthegrowthofthisorganization.IbelievethatthefirstannualmeetingIattendedwasnomorethanhalfthissize,maybenoteventhatlarge.JeffClarkhasdoneafantasticjobwiththisorganizationoverthelast14yearsandithasbecometheleadingorganizationintheareaofeconomic1TheaddressthatProfessorGwartneymadeonacceptingtheAssociationofPrivateEnterpriseEducation=sAdamSmithAwardinNassauintheBahamas,April2004.

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Title	What Have We Learned from the Economic Freedom of the World Index?
Authors/Creators:	James Gwartney, Florida State University
Year:	2004
Volume:	20
Number:	1
Pages:	1 - 8
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Economic Freedom, Economic growth, Investment, Foreign investment, Standard of living, Economic education

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Gwartney, James / 2004. "What Have We Learned from the Economic Freedom of the World Index?." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 20(1): 1-8.