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

In political philosophy, economic theory and public discourse, there is a seemingly endless debate on what the essence … 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 …

This paper reexamines key results from the measurement of opportunity freedom , or the extent to which a set of options … the effective freedom relation—and their variations are considered within a common axiomatic framework. Special attention … is given to representations of freedom rankings, with the goal of providing practical approaches for measuring …