A large literature has found positive associations between economic freedom and income,
growth, and a variety of other desirable outcomes. This paper surveys the literature that …

Economic freedom is robustly associated with income growth, but does this association
extend to the poorest in a society? In this paper, we employ Canada's longitudinal cohorts of …

Social scientists have discussed for decades whether stable democracy requires some level
of capitalism or economic freedom, or if democratic political freedom is compatible with …

The literature connecting economic freedom indexes to income levels and growth generally
points in the direction of a positive association. In this paper, we argue that this finding is a …

Rich economies are characterized by the coincidence of, on the one hand, high state
capacity and, on the other, well-functioning markets and the rule of law. They have states …

Nations, economists continue to debate the causes of disparities in wealth among the
countries of the world. Some scholars focus on the role of climate, natural resources …

This paper undertakes a descriptive analysis of changes in economic institutions across
countries from 2000 to 2016, using Economic Freedom of the World and the “State …

Which countries have the world's smallest and the world's largest governments? One-fifth of
the Economic Freedom of the World index is a subindex scoring the size of government for …

Цели. Объектом исследования выступает процесс осуществления оценки рисков
общественного развития, предполагающий ранжирование объектов по степени …

Recent work at the frontiers of classical liberal political economy has reconsidered the idea
that certain autocratic political institutions may improve on the consensus liberal …