economic freedom. The analysis relates to two kinds of economic liberties taken from the concept of freedom formulated by … Isaiah Berlin. While the first kind of freedom (negative freedom) depends on the external system (e.g. the constraints on the … prevent the free exercise of business (positive freedom): specifically, the social network, in which the company is embedded …

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

constraints implied by political liberalism. We find that freedom of choice restricts sufficiency to rather wealthy societies and …

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

of equality and freedom is and what relation between the two is essential to a good political order. Views range from the … conviction that too much socio-economic equality jeopardises freedom to the position that a certain level of equality is … necessary for the proper realisation of freedom. Building on these conflicting normative claims, we look at data from more than …