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‘This first book on the research of economic freedom is rooted in the essential link between science and measurement. Prosperity, poverty reduction, economic growth and human flourishing all depend on individuals being free within the natural social framework they define for each other, and to engage as they desire and choose in markets regulated by prices emerging from dispersed privately informed individuals.’
‘This first book on the research of economic freedom is rooted in the essential link between science and measurement. Prosperity, poverty reduction, economic growth and human flourishing all depend on individuals being free within the natural social framework they define for each other, and to engage as they desire and choose in markets regulated by prices emerging from dispersed privately informed individuals.’
‘Niclas Berggren has edited the Handbook of Research on Economic Freedom, the best single collection on the topic at hand. This book will serve as a valuable monument to the importance of economic freedom, how to measure it, and how to understand it. There are few books that could do the world more good than this one.’
‘30 years ago, quantitative research into the effects of economic freedom was virtually impossible. This Handbook offers a wonderful overview of the research into the determinants and consequences of economic freedom that has since been produced. The 27 chapters are highly informative and stimulating: by identifying open questions, they point at possible directions for future research.’
Edited by Niclas Berggren, Associate Professor of Economics, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Sweden, and Department of Managerial Economics, Prague University of Economics and Business, Czechia