Table of Contents: Acknowledgements
Foreword: The Importance of Economic Freedom
(Edward P. Stringham and Gerald Gunderson)
Introduction and Overview: What Is Economic Freedom?
(Joshua Hall, James Gwartney, and Robert Lawson)
Section 1: Economic Freedom and Growth
1. The Two Freedoms in a Growth Model;pp. 3-21
2. Short Run Macroeconomic Performance and Economic Freedom: Can Economic Growth Rates Be Higher and More Stable?;pp. 23-37
(Lipford, Jody W.)
Section 2: Economic Freedom and Democracy
3. Why Political and Civil Freedom Are Fundamental to Economic Freedom, Reform, and Restructuring;pp. 41-54
(Deese, David A.)
4. Economic Freedom, Democracy and Growth;pp. 55-66
(Ali, Abdiweli M.)
5. The Relationship between Political and Economic Freedom Reconsidered;pp. 67-79
(Thies, Clifford F.)
6. Are We Taking Certain Liberties by Assuming a Relationship Exists between Economic and Political Freedom?;pp. 81-89
(Tures, John A.)
Section 3: Economic Freedom and Other Values
7. Economic Freedom, Globalization and Human Rights: Can We Have It All?;pp. 93-108
(Milner, Wesley T.)
8. Male-Female Life Expectancy and Economic Freedom ;pp. 109-119
(Mixon, J. Wilson, Jr., and Gary H. Roseman)
9. The Impact of Economic Growth, Tax Policy and Economic Freedom on Income Inequality;pp. 121-127
(Clark, J.R., and Robert A. Lawson)
Section 4: Determinants of Economic Freedom
10. You Get What You Vote For: Voter Preferences and Economic Freedom;pp. 131-143
(Crampton, Eric)
11. Patent Rights and Economic Freedom: Friend or Foe?;pp. 145-164
(Park, Walter G.)
12. Does Development Aid Lead to Economic Freedom?;pp. 165-175
(Powell, Benjamin, and Matt E. Ryan)
13. Social Cohesion and Its Relationship to Endogenous Institutional Formation and Economic Growth;pp. 177-192
(Heller, Lauren R.)
Section 5: Economic Freedom: What Do We Know?
14. What Have We Learned from the Economic Freedom of the World Index?;pp. 195-199
(Gwartney, James)
Acknowledgments pp.201-202
Index pp.203-213 |