liberty in the sense that basic human rights like freedom of speech, freedom to express one’s religious beliefs, and freedom … approach by taking a welfarist view of the USA’s espoused policy of promoting liberty in other parts of the world. However, we … to form associations improve welfare. In this case, liberty is directly consumed. We argue that this improvement in …

, multinational enterprises rather appear to be attracted by countries in which civil and political freedom is respected. Our finding …

more lenient and child labor thus more prevalent than in countries enjoying political freedom. We test this implication and …