Charles Rutger DeFreest (July 24, 1852 – May 10, 1901) was a journalist, newspaper editor, and politician from New York. DeFreest was born in Troy, New...
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economy. Sweeping economic reforms since 2003 have resulted in one of the freest business climates in the world, greater economic freedom and transparency...
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Captain Gorman DeFreest Larner (July 5, 1897 – May 20, 1984) was a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. Larner was too young to...
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the 2012 Fragile States Index. It has maintained since 1993 one of the freest and most stable governments on the continent, and it performs relatively...
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consistently ranked New Zealand's press freedom in the top twenty, with the 19th freest media as of 2015.[update] The national cuisine has been described as Pacific...
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Index of Economic Freedom (redirect from Freest economy)
freedom dipped last year, annual survey says; Hong Kong remains world's freest". Washington Post. Associated Press. January 12, 2012. Retrieved January...
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protection. As a result of its acclaimed "flexicurity" model, Denmark has the freest labour market in Europe, according to the World Bank. Employers can hire...
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freedom, subjective happiness and sustainable wellbeing. It has the 8th freest press according to the Press Freedom Index, it is the 35th most democratic...
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where all tabloids but one are independent of government control, has the freest press in Malaysia. Laws such as the Printing Presses and Publications Act...
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Index of Economic Freedom, lower than in prior years but still among the freest in the world. As of 2016[update], it ranks 29th in the World Economic Forum's...
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The DeFreest Homestead is a historic house and barn located in the Rensselaer Technology Park in North Greenbush, New York, United States. The homestead...
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emphasis on transparency and equal rights, Finland's press has been rated the freest in the world. Worldwide, Finns, along with other Nordic peoples and the...
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homicide. The index rates countries on a scale from 10 (freest) to 0 (least free). In 2012, the freest countries/regions were New Zealand (8.88), Switzerland...
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Economist Intelligence Unit ranks Singapore as a "flawed democracy", the second freest rank of four, in its "Democracy Index". All public gatherings of five or...
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Financial Centres Index 2017 Jiang et al. 2003. "Hong Kong ranked world's freest economy for 18th consecutive year". Hong Kong Government. 12 January 2012...
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met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-Wen and called Taiwan one of the "freest societies in the world". Pelosi publicly scolded Colombian president Álvaro...
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economy in the Arab world. Bahrain also has the freest economy in the Middle East and is twelfth-freest overall in the world based on the 2011 Index of...
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score in Asia and Australasia. Freedom House has ranked Taiwan the second freest place in Asia while CIVICUS rated Taiwan and New Zealand as the only "open"...
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Street Journal, Bahrain has the fourth-freest in the Middle East and North Africa region and is the 40th-freest economy in the world. An alternative index...
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elsewhere in the Middle East. Kuwait's press was described as one of the freest in the world. Kuwait was the pioneer in the literary renaissance in the...
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significantly deteriorated under his tenure, with Ghana dropping from having the freest media environment in Africa in 2018 to 13th in the 2022 World Press Freedom...
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levels of economic freedom and rates Alberta as the freest economy in Canada, and second-freest economy amongst U.S. states and Canadian provinces. In...
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world. In the 1960s and 1970s, Kuwait's press was described as one of the freest in the world. Kuwait was the pioneer in the literary renaissance in the...
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Russia was one of the major belligerents in the First World War: from August 1914 to December 1917, it fought on the Entente's side against the Central...
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artists; where their imagination, playfulness, ingenuity, daring flourish freest; where, in short, they're home." Bosley Crowther, reviewing for The New...
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free of distortions of political policy, claiming that even the ostensibly freest markets require a state to exercise coercive power in some areas, namely...
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the conceit of America—we are tired of hearing her boast that she is the freest and the most enlightened country that the world has ever seen. Our clergy...
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According to a trade journal published in 1856, Berbera was described as “the freest port in the world, and the most important trading place on the whole Arabian...
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labor, investment, financial, and trade freedom. It ranked as the 61st freest economy, and 14th (of 29) in the Americas. Nicaragua was ranked 115th in...
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