Bitcoin and economic freedom

Recently, many studies have been conducted on the level of economic freedom in the world. Economic freedom clearly correlates with high GDP per capita. Countries that have banned or overly aggressively regulate cryptocurrencies are countries that rank last in economic freedom and have low GDP.

Such regimes with their own hands are pushing their citizens deeper and deeper into poverty. According to the World Heritage Foundation's 2017 Economic Freedom Index, the following five countries are the most economically free in the world:

1. Hong Kong

2. Singapore

3. New Zealand

4. Switzerland

5. Australia

The Foundation uses 4 categories to define economic freedom:

-Rule of law (property rights, judicial efficiency)

-Size of governments (cost of running government)

-Efficiency of business regulation (business freedom, labor freedom)

-Open markets (free trade, free investment, financial freedom)

Let's take a look at the statistics compiled by World Bank in 2016, where we can see the GDP per capita of these economically free countries:

1. Hong Kong $43,681

2. Singapore $52,961

3. New Zealand $39,427

4. Switzerland $78,813

5. Australia. $49,929

According to Wikipedia, the following 5 countries have banned Bitcoin. Let's also take a look at what places these countries occupy in the index of economic freedom according to the same foundation:

1. Morocco 86

2. Bolivia 168

3. Ecuador 160

4. Kyrgyzstan 89

5. Bangladesh 128

According to the Heritage Foundation, of these five countries, Morocco and Kyrgyzstan are the freest economically, from which we can conclude that countries that have banned cryptocurrency are not free. Now let's take a look at the GDP per capita of these countries:

1. Morocco $2,832

2. Bolivia $3,105

3. Ecuador $5,969

4. Kyrgyzstan $1,077

5. Bangladesh - $1,359

The freer a country is economically, the richer it is. Only repressive and regressive regimes ban cryptocurrencies. Governments that care about the well-being of their populations will continue to support the development of crypto businesses, crypto trading and blockchain technology. 

Let us clarify that The Heritage Foundation is a US strategic research institute established in 1973, which is engaged in a wide range of international policy research.

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