NounPlural economic freedoms economic freedom (plural economic freedoms)
From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Economic freedom is a term used in economic and policy debates. As with freedom generally, there are various definitions, but no universally accepted concept of economic freedom. One major approach to economic freedom comes from the libertarian tradition emphasizing free markets and private property, while another extends the welfare economics study of individual choice, with greater economic freedom coming from a "larger" (in some technical sense) set of possible choices. Another more philosophical perspective emphasizes its context in distributive justice and basic freedoms of all individuals. Today, the term is most commonly associated with a free market viewpoint, and defined as the freedom to produce, trade and consume any goods and services acquired without the use of force, fraud or theft. This is embodied in the rule of law, property rights and freedom of contract, and characterized by external and internal openness of the markets, the protection of property rights and freedom of economic initiative. Indices of economic freedom attempt to measure (free market) economic freedom, and empirical studies based on these rankings have found them to be correlated with higher living standards, economic growth, income equality, less corruption and less political violence. Other conceptions of economic freedom include freedom from want and the freedom to engage in collective bargaining. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Canada is ranked within the top nations in economic freedom. Why do some many Americans think we're communists? Q. We're ranked within the top nations in terms of economic freedoms and freedom to do business, even with a Liberal government, combining free markets with social responsibility and care for all. I don't know why so many Americans, especially on the politics board which I visit every so often, label us as "Communists" or "Socialists" when we're not. Asked by Vampire Knight - Mon Oct 13 01:39:00 2008 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments A. I'd imagine it's sheer ignorance. Heck here in America people will often call you names without knowing what it really means! Answered by martialmichael126 - Mon Oct 13 01:47:25 2008 How can a professional organization limit its members' economic freedom? Q. How can a professional organization limit its members' economic freedom? Asked by Andre@ L - Wed Sep 12 16:28:40 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. I suppose one good example of this is restrictions placed on advertising by professional bodies. Most professional bodies for doctors, lawyers or accountants have rules about advertising, including even acceptable names for their practice. This limits the members freedom, but protects the groups image. Answered by Highlandbound - Fri Sep 14 02:23:45 2007 Why do you suppose my textbook focuses more on the aspect of religious freedom than on economic opportunity?
Q. The great majority of people who immigrated to the colonies did so for economic opportunity. So why does my textbook focus more attention on the aspect of religious freedom? Is the text wrong or misleading? Asked by Doug - Thu Sep 3 23:47:10 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. The religious freedom is the traditional view, perhaps because for early Americans, it painted a more saintly and moral picture of their forefathers. No one likes to think of their ancestors as money grubbers who move Indians off their land and enslave Africans. Answered by JT - Thu Sep 3 23:54:45 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "economic freedom"  investors.com Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:11:22 GMT+00:00 Investor's Business Daily The country ranks 169th out of 179 in the Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal's 2010 Index of Economic Freedom . That's low even by African standards, ...  timeslive.co.za Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:01:05 GMT+00:00 Times LIVE The best way to celebrate Nelson Mandela is to become more decisive in the struggle for economic freedom in our life-time." NGCs are convened midway between ...  theatlantic.com Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:37:17 GMT+00:00 The Atlantic (blog) But they believe the party had lost sight of the ideals it believes in, like economic freedom , limited government, the sanctity of life, ... From Google News Search: "economic freedom"  hawaii.edu 512px x 480px | 17.80kB [source page] of the Political Freedom or Freedom Scale is plotted the best fitting plots are logarithmic dipping sharply down below violence and toward zero at the greatest freedom This is shown in Figure 5 to be clear the difference between Figure 4 and Figure 5 is that in the former the functions fit only the maximum violence in the latter the functions fit the maximum conflict  hawaii.edu 463px x 510px | 17.20kB [source page] it is contrary to theory Accordingly curves were fitted to the Maximum Conflict Scale Value of Figure 1 per political freedom or freedom score The results are shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7 where for comparability the transformed scores are used for freedom see Note 17 Their equations are  thefreedomfactory.us 600px x 800px | 22.80kB [source page] With all the speculation on a government takeover of the banking industry including Alan Greenspan s statement that the U S may have to temporarily nationalize some banks until the industry From Yahoo Image Search: "economic freedom"  cato-at-liberty.org Juan Carlos Hidalgo Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:56:18 GM However, Colombia scores poorly on . economic freedom. . Consequently, the country's outlook won't brighten much more as long as it stifles its economy with high tax rates, burdensome labor regulations, bloated public spending, ... From Google Blog Search: "economic freedom" |
