As The Atlantic has reported, “Disclosures from the Panama Papers are rocking the global political elite.” Although not all of the activities alleged in the papers may ultimately be determined to be unethical or illegal, it is instructive to look at the correlations between many of the people named in the papers and the scores of their countries of origin on The Heritage Foundation’s “Index of Economic Freedom” corruption indicator.
Pakistan
The Atlantic reports that “three of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s four children …used shell companies to buy property in London.” The 2016 edition of the “Index for Economic Freedom,” published annually …read more
Source: The Daily Signal
