This paper tests the hypothesis that the presence of economic inequality may lead to erosions of economic freedom …. Using Economic Freedom of the World as a measure of free economic institutions, it finds that a one standard deviation … economic freedom, this evidence underscores the importance of stressing reforms free market proponents are confident will …

systems. It connected the value of individual freedom, the commitment to a market society and an appeal to a liberal democracy …

The legal realist Robert Lee Hale offered a definition of freedom as a zero-sum game: each volitional freedom implies … some degree of coercion over other people's freedom and at the same time one's liberty is subject to some degree of control … goods. This allows us to illustrate the externalities deriving from the “consumption” of freedom and detail the role of the …