Freedom/Misery Index Nonsense

Release Date: May 5, 2026

In this episode, we take our first look at the Human Freedom Index which is supposed to rate countries by how free the people are and the Misery Index which measures the economic misery of people by country. The thesis going into this episode is that these measurements will be terribly biased and unreliable, though we seem them used frequently on podcasts such as the PBD Podcast.