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Trump turbocharges US economic comeback as socialism keeps failing worldwide

The lesson of the Heritage Foundation’s just released 2026 'Index of Economic Freedom' is that freedom still works

By Kevin D. Roberts Fox News

Published March 20, 2026 5:00am EDT

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Around the world, nations stand at a crossroads. Whether they choose the path of economic freedom — as President Donald Trump is doing in the United States — or socialism will determine not only their material prosperity, but the security and flourishing of their people.

That’s the core finding of the Heritage Foundation’s just-released "2026 Index of Economic Freedom." Pro-growth policies are an investment in the people who make nations strong, resilient and prosperous.

That is certainly the approach President Trump took in 2025. Setting the stage for America’s comeback and paving the way for greater economic dynamism, his policy choices arrested the precipitous decline of America’s economic freedom. America’s Index score for President Joe Biden’s final year in office was its lowest ever.

One critical, unambiguous lesson of the Index over the past decades is that what really matters is the direction and orientation of policy — that is, the change at the........

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