In this paper I present a measure of freedom for opportunity sets which are bounded by both budget and time constraints … leaving freedom distribution unaltered should apply progressive taxation. Since incomes bind freedom only partially when time … constraints bind, taxing the rich reduces his freedom proportionally less than taxing the poor reduces his. Moreover, when incomes …

measure of freedom is proposed which is apt to interpersonal comparisons of opportunity sets. Individual choice freedom may … that progressive taxation redistributes freedom in favour of the poor, all the more so when public revenues are used to … finance the public provision of goods, in which case overall freedom may result enlarged …

measure is not based on pivotality, but rather on a measure of freedom of choice in individual decisions. Indeed, I use the …

This essay deals with the notion and content of freedom of choice proposing a new set up and a new family of measures … some ideas of John StuartMill, we propose that freedom of choice has to be understood not in a single stage of choice, but … this new framework, we propose a set of axioms that imply the following family of measures of lifetime's freedom of choice …

I present a model of freedom as control. Control is measured by the preferences of a decision-maker, or judge, who … neutral judges about which choice situations embody more freedom. The theory extends the freedom ranking literature to …