by Les Dunaway

This is a special edition of Just The Numbers, Mam to address a current issue – America’s economic freedom.

Since 1995, the Wall Street Journal and the Heritage Foundation have published the annual “Index of Economic Freedom”. If you aren’t familiar with it, a short explanation is here.

In the 2011 Index, America fell to ninth place – right below Denmark, Ireland and Canada. Here’s a short video discussing the impact on job creation.

Ed Feulner, president of the Heritage Foundation, writing in the Washington Times discusses the impact of this fall.

Below are links to other’s comments.

For a great summary in graphic format go to 2011 Index of Economic Freedom on Fast Company.

Terry Miller,  director of the Center for International Trade and Economics at the Heritage Foundation, gives more insight in The U.S. Loses Ground on Economic Freedom

Neil Reynolds, writing in the Globe & Mail, gives a Canadian perspective in Canada, one of the freest (markets) at last