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The cornerstones of economic freedom (EF) are personal choice, voluntary exchange, open markets, and clearly defined and enforced property rights. The Fraser Institute and the Heritage Foundation publish indexes of EF. Although many empirical studies on the relation between (changes in) EF and economic growth are flawed, there seems to be a positive ...
Jakob de Haan, Jan-Egbert Sturm
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Jakob de Haan, Jan-Egbert Sturm
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Economic Freedom and Political Freedom
2008Historical evidence speaks with a single voice on the relation between political freedom and a free market. I know of no example in time or place of a society that has been marked by a large measure of political freedom that has not also used something comparable to a free market to organize the bulk of economic activity. (Friedman, 1962, p. 9)
Wenbo Wu, Otto A. Davis
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Social Choice and Welfare, 2009
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The Fertility Gap and Economic Freedom
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2023Abstract The difference between desired fertility and achieved fertility is called the fertility gap. This paper investigates the relationship between economic freedom and the fertility gap across the United States since greater economic freedom may empower individuals to choose work more compatible with their family goals.
Clara E. Piano, Lyman R. Stone
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Political freedom and economic freedom
European Review, 2000This article attempts to outline the development in our time of two ideas of freedom. At first, economic freedom depended on political freedom and the aim of both was moral improvement. From the beginning of the 20th century, economic freedom has become an end in itself and political freedom has given up any moral claim; both ideas of freedom are no ...
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International Journal of Social Economics, 1993
Makes the distinction between negative freedom or liberty, which means the absence of constraint and compulsion, and positive freedom, which always implies the power to make one′s will effective to gain access to a chosen alternative. Argues that positive freedom can be used either creatively or destructively.
Lewis E. Hill, James E. Jonish
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Makes the distinction between negative freedom or liberty, which means the absence of constraint and compulsion, and positive freedom, which always implies the power to make one′s will effective to gain access to a chosen alternative. Argues that positive freedom can be used either creatively or destructively.
Lewis E. Hill, James E. Jonish
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The Determinants of Economic Freedom: A Survey
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018A large literature has found positive associations between economic freedom and income, growth, and a variety of other desirable outcomes. This paper surveys the literature that seeks to explain the causes of economic freedom. Some of the most consistent findings in this literature are that current levels of economic freedom are strongly correlated ...
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2013
What economic rights do libertarians believe we have? We have a general right to conduct our financial and commercial affairs as we see fit, without having to justify ourselves or answer to society at large.
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What economic rights do libertarians believe we have? We have a general right to conduct our financial and commercial affairs as we see fit, without having to justify ourselves or answer to society at large.
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AID, ECONOMIC FREEDOM, AND GROWTH
Contemporary Economic Policy, 2009Foreign aid has often been intended by donors to entice recipient nations into policy and institutional reforms favorable to private sector economic development. In this study, we investigate the relationship between aid and changes to economic freedom in recipient nations over the 1990–2000 decade. The evidence is mixed.
Heckelman, Jac C., Knack, Stephen
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Freedom, Entrepreneurship and Economic Progress
The Journal of Entrepreneurship, 2006All countries have people with an entrepreneurial spirit, but in far too many of them their talent and drive lie fallow. We argue that the most fertile soil for the seeds of entrepreneurship consists of the freedom and informed discipline that characterise market economies.
Jeff R. Clark, Dwight Lee
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