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Economic freedom is the freedom to produce, sell and use your own resources. It affects every part of our lives and has a way of being measured.

Government intrusion may be the reason for a drop in economic freedoms in the U.S. The more debt that is accumulated the more the average citizens will owe in the future. Over the years after Obama took office our rank has dropped in regards to economic freedom compared to other countries.

This book written by James Smith discribes the affects of the estimated 460,000 illegal immigrants in the Southwestern state of Arizona. Smith, an economist, describes the economic, demographic and fiscal problems facing Arizona.

This article talks about the personal freedom issues and just overall human rights issues in China. It states the government having problems not caring about their citizens but only about their economical success. 

This article talks about the personal freedom issues and just overall human rights issues in China. It states the government having problems not caring about their citizens but only about their economical success. 

(CNN) - Mitt Romney continued to hammer President Barack Obama over the president's controversial remark about business owners, arguing Wednesday that the president's administration has been chipping away at economic freedoms. "It is free men and women that drive our economy. Freedom is what makes America work.

Written by Lena Edlund and Evelyn Korn on February 16th, 2001 the paper approaches prostitution from an economic stand point as well as how it relates to marriage. Points to some key factors as to why prostitution thrives in some areas in certain climates. Also provides the difficulty of defining prostitution.

Although this paper was written back in 1996, I find its vision uncanny. To note that this paper was not written in the United States nor Europe or Canada, but in South Africa. J.J. Britz brings together the concept of privacy as it relates to ethics, confidentiality, socio-economical effects, and autonomy. Well written and researched.

How the European Union (EU) decides to move forward with their online privacy laws in regard to personal information, will greatly impact how the U.S. proceeds with theirs. The "economic partnership" between the two nations are so heavily intertwined, that legislations across seas will impact U.S. companies. The EU has implemented legislations protecting the rights of online customers. Meanwhile, in the U.S., companies have been reluctant to work with the government in providing U.S. online customers the same protection, because the majority of their profits stem from online advertising. These advertisements work so well because companies have been able to track consumer activities and in turn cater to them according to their habits. Implement government regulations that prevent big companies from doing that and their profits will plummet.

Provides a general picture of marriage apart from how we view it today. Marriage was a means of economic progression for a great number of years in various ancient societies. Some continue this tradition today. While the Western view has adopted to see marriage a consensual a agreement of love and commitment between two people.

This article explains the economical, social, and environmental benefits of reducing waste. It explains the benefits businesses could take from reducing food waste.

This website summarizes over the benefits of conserving food from waste. The list of benefits are environment, economic, and social.

The gambling industry is thriving-and has gone high-tech. Since the mid-1970s, gambling has been America's fastest-growing industry. This article discusses legalizing gambling and the pros and cons.

There are an overwhelmingly amount of gay activists, and many support a new bill in Paris that could legalize gay marriage. Gay marriage and its legalization is not just a controversial topic in the United States.

For young adults, the "right" to eat healthy food may be more closely associated with the right to understand how food choices impact their health. Without information and understanding, it can be argued that young people may not be in a position to advocate for themselves or to act in their own best interests. In this article, a secondary issue takes center stage: there are economic implications for the availability and sales of junk food to young adults.

There is a huge finanial benefit if they will allow same sex marriage. $17 billion would be made immediately.

This article talks about the legalization of marijuana and the gross annual income it can raise if legalized. If marijuana was taxed like cigarettes or alcohol, the annual income could be around 6 million dollars. This could be a key factor on getting the country out of debt and finding cures in diseases.

Giving mothers un-paid break time to pump the milk for their nursing child. People don't realize that this is not only a health benefit it is an economic benefit.

Congress just spends money like it's going out of style. When the goverment spends more money that it brings in, you know we have a problem. Then we start to play the blame game, republicans blame the democrats, and the democrats blame the republicans. Haven't we learned that blaming each other never solves anything? They need to take responsibility and budget better...pff. Or just raise all of our taxes to try to make up for it...now that doesn't seem fair for us hard working citizens, I don't think we recieved any of that spending money. Lets just fix the problem before our economic well-being is dug into a hole so deep we can't pull ourselves out.

For many years we've seen supports of marijuana try to get it legalize for consumers. Supports of the legalization say its a great profit for the government and help with the drug trafficking that we face. But is it such a good idea to support the legalization of marijuana. There are many benefits to legalization of the product but also the cons to marijuana.

this article shows the annual index and ranking created by The Heritage Foundation. It talks about The top marginal tax rate on individual income, The top marginal tax rate on corporate income, and The total tax burden as a percentage of GDP.