The Economics of Freedom Theory, Measurement, and Policy Implications Bavetta

The Economics of Freedom Theory, Measurement, and Policy Implications Bavetta

The Economics of FreedomTheory, Measurement, and Policy Implications\nAuthor(s): Sebastiano Bavetta, Pietro Navarra\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107017849, 978-1107017849\nSynopsis\nWhat is freedom? Can we measure it? Does it affect policy? This book develops an original measure of freedom called 'Autonomy Freedom', consistent with J. S. Mill's view of autonomy, and applies it to issues in policy and political design. The work pursues three aims. First, it extends classical liberalism beyond exclusive reliance on negative freedom so as to take autonomous behavior explicitly into account. Second, it grounds on firm conceptual foundations a new standard in the measurement of freedom that can be fruitfully coupled with existing gauges. Third, it shows empirically that individual preferences for redistribution and cross-country differences in welfare spending in Organisation for Economic Co-ope.

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