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In the News: This Free Country Should Be On Your Radar

The Republic of San Marino, a small country embedded in Italy, boasts some of the highest income and employment rates in the world. The country also has relatively low tax rates, minimal regulations and a small government. As Simon Black writes in Business Insider:

“It’s no accident that the nation is so prosperous; there is a direct link between freedom and economic prosperity. One is fuel for the other, like oxygen to fire.”

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