Hi Theocraticjello-- the Freedom (and other scores) have little tooltips next to them that explain where they come from. In this case, it’s based on the Freedom House Freedom in the World 2016 survey, an annual report on the overall state of freedom in the world by a non-partisan research group.

The tricky first step to learning about financial independence is to really examine your own lifestyle (I realize this has been written over and over). If you really look at consumption, you start getting the ability to change your mind way before you fully achieve financial independence. My wife and I are far from…