Question

The Washington, D.C.-based Heritage Foundation survey consists of over 178 countries ranked by degree of economic freedom. The key economic variables considered for this ranking include all of the following except:

Answer 1

Answer:

percent foreign ownership.

Explanation:

The twelve freedoms included in the Heritage Foundation of Economic Freedom index are divided into four main categories:  

Rule of law

• Property rights
• Judicial effectiveness
• Government integrity

Government size

• Tax burden
• Government spending
• Fiscal health

Regulatory efficiency

• Business freedom
• Labor freedom
• Monetary freedom

Open markets

• Trade freedom
• Investment freedom
• Financial freedom