Ian Vasquez

Director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity. He received his bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and his master’s degree from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He is the co-author of The Human Freedom Index, editor of Global Fortune: The Stumble and Rise of World Capitalism and coeditor of Perpetuating Poverty: The World Bank, the IMF and the Developing World. He has testified numerous times in the U.S. Congress on economic development issues.
He has been a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is a member of the Mont Pèlerin Society.

Politics, Society

Hong Kong and Switzerland Top the Charts in Human Freedom Index 2016

BY Ian Vasquez, CATO Institute, Tanja Porcnik AND Visio Institut / December 5, 2016

“As nationalism, authoritarianism, and populism strengthen in many countries around the world, it is becoming more important than ever to measure human freedom and the central role it plays in human progress”, said Vasquez. “The declining performance of the United States, once considered the bastion of liberty, is worrisome”.