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Political Ideology and Economic Freedom. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This paper examines the association between political ideology and the size of government and quality of the legal system and regulations. A cross-country indicator of government and citizen ideology is presented. Empirical results suggest that ideologically leftwing governments increase the size of government while the long-term ideological ...
Bjørnskov, Christian
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Economic Freedom and Political Freedom

2008
Historical 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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Freedom as a Political Ideal

Social Philosophy and Policy, 2003
I shall assume that a well-ordered state is one that promotes the freedom of its subjects. My question is what is the kind of freedom that the state ought to promote? This question is different from the question of what freedom is. It might be thought, for example, that freedom consists in the autonomous pursuit of valuable goals and projects, but
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Political freedom and economic freedom

European Review, 2000
This 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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The Politics of Freedom of Information

2017
Why do governments pass freedom of information laws? The symbolic power and force surrounding FOI makes it appealing as an electoral promise but hard to disengage from once in power. However, behind closed doors compromises and manoeuvres ensure that bold policies are seriously weakened before they reach the statute book.
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Political Theory and Freedom of Choices

BOHR International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research, 2022
Can there be genuine freedom of choice? This paper takes into account competing versions of freedoms and liberties from the Western tradition. There are competing accounts because of the variegated approaches to understanding freedom. There are also various advantages and disadvantages to these varieties of conceptual freedom.
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Politics and Freedom

Idealistic Studies, 2006
True freedom involves choices whose scope is not limited in advance by a particular dogma. When we attempt to understand it, a number of questions arise. It is unclear, for example, how the openness of real choice can fit into the organized structures of political life. What prevents the expressions of freedom from disrupting this life?
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