Economic Freedom: Resources

Economic Policy Institute.

Fraser Institute 2023 Economic Freedom of the World Report.

Heritage Foundation 2023 Index of Economic Freedom.

Keynes, John Maynard, “Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren,” 1930.

Lipset, Seymour Martin, “The Social Requisites of Democracy Revisited,” American Sociological Review. 59, 1 (Feb., 1994), pp. 1-22.

Sen, Amartya. Development as Freedom. New York: Knopf, 1999 (PDF Download via Researchgate).

Smith, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776). Text available at ibiblio: the Public’s Library and Digital Archive.

Solomon, Ezra. "The Economy in a Free Society." The Free Society Papers. American Federation of Teachers: Washington, 1989.

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano The Economic Bill of Rights, 1944 Address.

Transparency International 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index.

United Nations

• Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
• UN Development Report 2021-22.

Economist magazine: Estonia.

The New York Times: World: Estonia.

CIA World Factbook: Estonia.

Freedom in the World 2024 Estonia Country Report.

Kallas, Kaja

• “Ukraine is Giving the World A Masterclass in Cyber Defense,” Economist, April 17, 2023.
• “Kaja Kallas On the Atrocities in Ukraine,” Economist, April 22, 2022.

Uncaptive Minds, a journal of the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe.
“Special Issue: 25 Years After 1989–91. The Case of Estonia.” Tunne Kelam. pp. 22-28. (link).

Transparency International 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index: Estonia.

US Department of State Human Rights Country Reports (go to current year Country Report drop down menu for Europe and Eurasia/Estonia). 

Economist magazine. Topics Index: Kenya. See e.g.:
“William Ruto is Declared Kenya’s Next President,” August 8, 2022.

The New York Times: Kenya. See e.g.:

• “The Troubles of Kenya’s China-Funded Train,” August 7, 2022.
• “Kenya Discloses Part of Secret Railway Contract With China,” Nov. 22, 2022.
• “Kenya’s Supreme Court Upholds Election Results,” Sept. 3, 2022

Freedom in the World 2024 Kenya Country Report.

Heritage Foundation 2023 Economic Freedom Report: Kenya.

Human Rights Watch 2024 Kenya Country Report.

Other Resources

Journalists for Justice.

Kenya Human Rights Commission.

Maathai, Wangari

• 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Award Presentation to Wangari Maathai, Dec. 2004.
• Unbowed: A Memoir. Knopf: New York, 2006.

Transparency International 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index: Kenya.

U.S. Department of State Human Rights Country Reports (go to current year Country Report drop down menu for Africa/Kenya). 

Economist magazine: Topics Index: Cuba. See, e.g.:

“Huber Matos: Revolutionary-Turned Political Prisoner,”March 15, 2014.

The New York Times: Cuba. See, e.g.:

• “Cuban Government Responsible for Death of Dissident,” June 12, 2023.
• “Mass Trials Deepen Harshest Crackdown,” Jan. 14, 2022.
• “For Blacks in Cuba, the Revolution Hasn’t Begun,” March 24, 2013.

Freedom in the World 2024 Cuba Country Report.

Human Rights Watch 2024 Cuba Country Report.

Other Resources

Generation Y by Yoanni Sanchez and 14YMedio (blogs in Spanish).

Translating Cuba by Yoanni Sanchez (blog in English).

Transparency International 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index: Cuba

US Department of State Human Rights Country Reports (go to current year Country Report drop down menu for Western Hemiphere/ Cuba).

Valladares, Armando. Against All Hope: A Memoir of Life in Castro's Gulag. (Encounter Books: San Francisco, 2001.