23 February 2018
Timothy Lee, CFIF's Senior Vice President of Legal and Public Affairs, discusses America's current ranking in the Heritage Foundation's annual Index of Economic Freedom, how the U.S. compares to other nations and what determines each nation's economic freedom score.
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