As Mike Shedlock notes, in 2010, the US fell out of the top 10.

It's now 11th! USA, USA, USA...

The Economic Freedom report is co-published by the Cato Institute, the Fraser Institute in Canada and more than 70 think tanks around the world.

The 21st edition of Economic Freedom of the World and this year's publication ranks 159 countries and territories for 2015, the most recent year for which data are available.

Economic Freedom Components

Size of Government

Legal System and Property Rights

Sound Money

Freedom to Trade Internationally

Regulation

Point number 3 considers inflation, money growth, and freedom to own foreign currencies. about access to sound money.