Here some excellent resources to check out if you are interested in academic studies on how free different countries or states are.
This one, the Economic Freedom of the World, by the Fraser Institute is global in scope and is great "big picture" stuff. Canada is freer than the United States according to their analysis.
The Mercatus Center puts out a Freedom in the 50 States that garners attention.
Rich States, Poor States by the American Legislative Exchange Council offers a more detailed index on what states are more business friendly compared to others.
In these reports, especially the Freedom of the World report (which is 2009 data, no less), the United States is sliding down the scale of freedom toward statism, i.e government control. While we are no Soviet style nation, we should not take for granted the liberty those before us fought to obtain.
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