Measuring Political Freedom: Theory, Practice, and Implications
ABSTRACT
Measures of economic freedom do not touch on notions such as freedom of expression or the differences between negative and positive freedoms. This colloquium focused on the question of how to accurately measure what could be called “autonomy” freedom.
READING LIST
Conference Readings
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