Financial & Monetary System

This dimension measures how much you think the state should control money and finance: the central bank's role, money printing, bank regulation, capital controls and the freedom to use other currencies or cryptocurrencies.

Toward more freedom

Free competition among currencies, few capital controls and banks without public bailouts.

Toward more control

An active central bank, strict banking regulation and controls on capital flows.

Debates it touches

Central bank independence
Bank bailouts
Cryptocurrency regulation

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The other dimensions

01 Freedom of Movement & Migration
02 Fiscal & Tax Policy
03 Free Speech & Press
04 International Trade
05 Privacy & State Surveillance
06 Property Rights & Contracts
07 Freedom of Religion & Conscience
08 Financial & Monetary System
09 Civil Rights & Lifestyle Choices
10 Labor & Market Regulation
11 Criminal Justice & Due Process
12 Government Spending & Subsidies