The 2011 Index of Economic Freedom, which is a joint project of The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal, ranked 183 countries based on 10 measures that evaluate such things as openness to trade and investment, government size, fiscal soundness, business and labor regulation, property rights, corruption, monetary stability and financial competition and transparency.

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And given the importance of the financial sector, Wall Street reform is an absolutely essential part of that foundation.

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Since the tax's inception in 1994, Estonia has had an average growth of 5.2% a year, and now also ranks fourth (out of 155 countries) in the Index of Economic Freedom, published by The Wall Street Journal and the Heritage Foundation.

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Also on Wednesday the Heritage Foundation commenced an effort to tackle the underlying cause of the uneasiness manifesting in the streets of America, both Wall and Main, and the world.

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