Literally a metric measured.

so if a government were to intervene in order to reduce inflation

that would make them more "economically free"

It's taken into account <:pot_of_kek:544849795433496586>

GRX_22_criticism of religion: Does any level of government penalize criticisms or critiques of a religion or reli-gions?

it's just pro-liberal propaganda

ireland ranks higher in personal freedom

they use good outcomes and incorporate those into the measure of freedoms

SHI_Q_9: Did individuals or groups use violence or the threat of violence, including so-called honor killings, to try to enforce religious norms? (0 = No; 1.00 = Yes)” Assigned weight = 0.5.

doesn't ireland still have blasphemy laws

SHI_Q_11: Were women harassed for violating religious dress codes? (0 = No; 1.00 = Yes)” Assigned weight = 0.5

thats buried in the religion section

without regard for how the outcomes were achieved

"Harassment and Physical Hostilitie"

if the uk comes in above the US, it would tend to suggest it's wrong

or weighted not in ways that people consider the weighting should be

Again, freedom of speech isn't the only metric to measure personal freedoms @Machinimal

You fail to understand this

no I understand it perfectly well

in the uk we -literally imprison people for speech based on someone elses interpretation-

It's funny, you people moan and complain about "restrictions on freedom of speech" but I imagine, you've never been affected by any of the restrictions you complain about

which is such a huge issue it should probably torpedo the figures

what I'm saying is they weighted things wrong

in general the browner a country is the less free it will be according to this index

They're weighted perfectly fine

Academics and governments agree.

liberal academia

Else, they wouldn't be using it.

Simple as.

liberal governments

385 covers economic freedoms

And how those are calculated.

no surprise since it's a metric designed to make their ideology look good

thats the class of people least qualified or desired to decide what freedom is

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato_Institute

The Cato Institute is an American libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

"The Cato Institute is an American libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C"

@Nathan James 123 Academics and Governments once believed the earth was flat, They were wrong, Just because the Government and Academics use it does not make it the arbiter for deciding freedom

** libertarian **

academics used to be ok, but now theyre all about supression of speech