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根据华盛顿智囊机构Cato Institute与50个国家的其他机构联合编制的报告《2001年世界经济自由度年报》Economic Freedom of the World:2001 Annual Report),香港今年再击败新加坡,荣膺世界最自由的经济体系。研究员用21客观标准,包括政府规模、经济和法律架构及货币政策,去编制经济自由度指数。报告的作者James Gwartney和Robert Lawson说,经济自由度的核心成分,是“个人选择、保护私人财产和汇兑自由”。
According to the report of the Cato Institute, a Washington think tank, and other agencies in 50 countries, the Economic Freedom of the World: 2001 Annual Report, Hong Kong again beat Singapore this year and won the world’s freest economy . Researchers use 21 objective criteria, including government size, economic and legal structure, and monetary policy, to compile an index of economic freedom. The authors of the report, James Gwartney and Robert Lawson, said the core component of economic freedom is “personal choice, protection of private property and exchange freedom.”