[PDF] The Political Economy Of Economic Freedom eBook

Author : Alan T. Peacock
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 24,27 MB
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781782542797

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'The captivating nature of these contributions to political economy - which were all published between 1976 and 1996, but mostly in the last decade - is a clear reflection of Sir Alan's authoritative standing both as an academic economist and a government economic advisor. . . . the book addresses a wide range of philosophical questions and practical policy issues, thus offering plenty of stimulating material for both the theoretical and applied economist, as well as other social scientists.' - M. Teresa Lunati, The Economic Journal '. . . many of the papers are worth reading, and each paper has a useful introduction explaining the context in which it was written. The best part of the book is the selection of papers in the last part, especially his [Alan Peacock's] discussions of the regulation of broadcasting. There is much for an economist to learn from these papers: the role economists can play in public policy debates, the inner workings of committees, the role of information control in policy decisions.' - William Sjostrom, Kyklos The Political Economy of Economic Freedom brings together a timely selection of Sir Alan Peacock's views on economic freedom, its philosophy, its influence on the critique of economic policy and the problems encountered in expanding it.

Author : Benjamin Powell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 10,86 MB
Release : 2018-10-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0429813201

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Economic theory and a growing body of empirical research support the idea that economic freedom is an important ingredient to long-run economic prosperity. However, the determinants of economic freedom are much less understood than the benefits that freedom provides. Economic Freedom and Prosperity addresses this major gap in our knowledge. If private property and economic freedom are essential for achieving and maintaining a high standard of living, it is crucial to understand how improvements in these areas have been achieved and whether there are lessons that can be replicated in less free areas of the world today. In this edited collection, contributors investigate this research question through multiple methodologies. Beginning with three chapters that theoretically explore ways in which economic freedom might be better achieved, it then moves on to a series of empirical chapters that examine questions including the speed and permanence of reform, the deep long-run determinants of economic freedom, the relationship between voice and exit in impacting freedom, the role of crises in generating change, and immigration. Finally, the book considers the evolution of freedom in China, development economics, and international trade, and it concludes with a consideration of what is necessary to promote a humane liberalism consistent with economic freedom. Economic Freedom and Prosperity will be of great interest to all social scientists concerned with issues of institutional change. It will particularly appeal to those concerned with economic development and the determinants of an environment of economic freedom.

Author : Niclas Berggren
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 18,88 MB
Release : 2024-04-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1802206159

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This seminal Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary research on economic freedom, using multidisciplinary methods to assess studies of the determinants and consequences of market-oriented institutions and policies. Niclas Berggren brings together world-leading experts in their respective fields to explore the notion of economic freedom in the history of economic thought, to present measures of economic freedom and to provide overviews of the latest empirical research.

Author : David P. Levine
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 20,5 MB
Release : 1995-03-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521447911

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Modern life places a special emphasis on private affairs. Social institutions, and especially our economies, have been organized to facilitate the pursuit of private interests. At the center of this private world is a system of private property which, more than anything, satisfies our wants. Political economy studies the properties of this private world: How does it work, and how well does it satisfy our wants? What are the limits of the world of private affairs? Wealth and Freedom provides an introduction to political economy for the student or other interested nonspecialist. The book explores such key issues as the place of our economy in the larger social system, the importance of market institutions for individual autonomy, private enterprise as a system of economic development, poverty and inequality in market economies, global inequality, and the limits of the market and the role of government. Wealth and Freedom is distinctive in employing a rights-based approach to understanding and evaluating economic institutions. The author emphasizes the distinction between needs and wants as the basis for establishing the limits of the market, and concludes the book with a discussion of the relation between private wants and public ends.

Author : Sebastiano Bavetta
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 24,36 MB
Release : 2012-06-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 110701784X

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This book develops a measure of Autonomy Freedom and sheds light on its consequences for policy and political design.

Author : David Felix
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 16,35 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781412808118

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Critical mass -- Economics lesson for economists and others -- The political economy of world power -- America at home -- America abroad -- New Deal at home and abroad -- USSR : another political economy -- Nazi Germany as facilitator -- Reluctant empire -- Disorder and early sorrow : the sixties -- Third way -- China rising.

Author : Benjamin Powell
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,57 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 9781138335394

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Through a combination of theoretical and empirical contributions, this book addresses the need for a better understanding of why some societies are more economically free than others and how changes in economic freedom come about.

Author : Michael Dahlen
Publisher : Hillcrest Publishing Group
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 26,69 MB
Release : 2016-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1634138503

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Statism denotes any system of big government, a government that gains power at the expense of individual freedom, a government that uses its power to redistribute wealth and regulate the economy. Laissez-faire capitalism, by contrast, is the system of limited government, the system of economic and political freedom. It is a system that has created more wealth and lifted more people out of poverty than any other system. Yet it is relentlessly demonized. We are told that the free market is impractical--prone to crises, depressions, and coercive monopolies. Michael Dahlen dispels these and many other myths. He shows that a laissez-faire capitalist system is not only practical; he shows that it is moral, as it is the only system that recognizes each individual's inalienable right to his own life. A provocative weave of history, philosophy, and political economy, Ending Big Government: The Essential Case for Capitalism and Freedom, shows that capitalism is incontestably superior to statism.