Welcome to the Rio Grande Foundation

The mission of the Rio Grande Foundation is to increase liberty and prosperity for all of New Mexico by informing citizens of the importance of individual freedom, limited government, and economic opportunity.

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We are building a New Mexico where liberty, opportunity, and prosperity flourish.

RGF and Fraser Institute study New Mexico lack of economic freedom: only state in the USA LOSING freedom since 1981

If you were to summarize the work of the Rio Grande Foundation in one basic…

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696 Michael Cannon – New Mexico’s Medical Provider Shortage

Michael Cannon, director of health policy studies for the libertarian Cato Institute was in Albuquerque for some…

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