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"Index of Economic Freedom." http://www.heritage.org/index/ http://www.heritage.org/index/ Methodology is explained in detail on the site.
by jbellis 17y ago
"Index of Economic Freedom." http://www.heritage.org/index/ http://www.heritage.org/index/
Methodology is explained in detail on the site.
- icey 17y agoIt's odd to see so many countries rank higher than us that are normally thought of as having significantly higher taxes than us. (Fair amount of "socialist" in that list, too)
- lutorm 17y agoMaybe economic freedom has nothing to do with how much taxes you pay...
- anamax 17y agoAmericans don't pay less in taxes, they just get less services. http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2010/03/taxes-per-person.html http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2010/03/taxes-per-person.html
- jbellis 17y agoPartly that's because while US personal taxes are middle-of-the-pack-ish, their corporate tax rate of 35% is behind only Japan: http://alhambrainvestments.com/blog/2009/01/29/corporate-tax-rates-by-country-oecd/ http://alhambrainvestments.com/blog/2009/01/29/corporate-tax... (And partly it's because there's a lot more that goes into the ranking than just tax rate.)
- xenophanes 17y ago8th place isn't so bad. Doesn't seem worth emigrating over, for most people.
- fnid2 17y agoThe trend is negative, so it's only a matter of time.
- arohner 17y agoI don't think the calculation for "economic freedom" works the same for HN-ers. All of the places above the US have either significant political problems (China, Singapore) or are much worse for startups. I would gladly move out of the US, if there was someplace significantly better. There isn't right now.