20/02/2012
Tomorrow, February 21 at 12:00 am, at the Asociaci?n de la Prensa in Madrid FAES launches the Index of Economic Freedom Published by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal, it analyses 184 countries between July 2010 and June 2011 Miguel Mar?n, Pedro Schwartz, Francisco Cabrillo, Joaqu?n Trigo and James Roberts will present the release Madrid, 20.02.12.- FAES Foundation will launch tomorrow, Tuesday February 21st, the Index of Economic Freedom, annually published by Heritage Foundation and _The Wall Street Journal_. This year's edition analyses the evolution of economic freedom in 184 countries worldwide, between July 2010 and June 2011. The launch will take place at 12:00 am, at the Assembly Hall of the Asociaci?n de la Prensa de Madrid (C/ Claudio Coello, 98), and will be presented by Miguel Mar?n, Director of FAES' Department of Economy and Public Policies; Pedro Schwartz, Chairman of the Consejo Econ?mico y Social of the Madrid Autonomous Community; Francisco Cabrillo, Professor of Economics; Joaqu?n Trigo, Director General of the Institute of Economic Studies; and James Roberts, Research Fellow in Freedom and Growth at the Heritage Foundation's Center for International Trade and Economics. The Index of Economic Freedom is published annually since 1996. Its stated objective is to measure the degree of economic freedom in the world's nations. The index scores nations on 10 broad factors encompassing four groups: Rule of Law, limited government, regulatory efficiency and open markets. This year's index shows that the tension between government control and the free market has heightened around the world, particularly in developed countries. Furthermore, the uncertainty and stagnation caused by the sovereign debt turmoil in some key developed economies have battered world economic progress.