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Fall 2016

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 31, Number 3

Categories: Fall 2016 | Freedom | Human rights

The Effect of Economic Freedom on Civil Liberties in the Short Run: Physical Integrity Rights, 2000-2011

Robert Szarka, University of Connecticut

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise31(3),2016,21–35TheEffectofEconomicFreedomonCivilLibertiesintheShortRun:PhysicalIntegrityRights,2000–2011RobertSzarka�UniversityofConnecticut______________________________________________________AbstractManywriters—mostfamouslyF.A.HayekandMiltonFriedman—havepositedarelationshipbetweeneconomicfreedomandpoliticalfreedomand/orcivilliberties.Despitesustainedinterest,thisrelationshiphasbeenthesubjectoflittleempiricalstudy.Iestimatetheshort-runeffectofameasureofeconomicfreedom(usingtheEconomicFreedomoftheWorldindex)onmeasuresofcivilliberties(usingtheCIRIHumanRightsDataset).IncontrasttomostpreviousstudiesusingFreedomHouse’sFreedomintheWorldindex,Itreatcivillibertiesasdistinctfrompoliticalfreedomandconsiderseveralfundamentallibertiesseparately.______________________________________________________JELCodes:P0,B0Keywords:economicfreedom,civilliberties,humanrights,F.A.Hayek,MiltonFriedmanI.IntroductionIn1944,inthefirsteditionofTheRoadtoSerfdom,FriedrichA.Hayekwarnedthatcontinuingthecentralplanningmeasuresadoptedduringwartimeinordertopromotethe“commonwelfare”mightultimatelyleadtototalitarianism.IfthesuccessofabookthatechoedHerbertSpencer’swarningabout“TheComingSlavery”(Spencer[1884]1981,pp.31–70)sixdecadesearlierwassurprisingatthetime,thebook’scontinuedpopularitysevendecadeshence—atatimewhenwholesaleplanning,atleast,hasbeenlargelydiscredited—isshocking.BruceCaldwell,thecurrenteditorofHayek’scollectedworks,arguesthatrenewedinterestinSerfdomismisplaced,since“Hayekwasarguingagainst[full]socialistplanning,notthewelfare�Earlierversionsofthispaperwerepreparedforthe2014EconomicFreedomInstituteConferenceandthe2014SouthernEconomicAssociationmeetingsinAtlanta.Ithankmydiscussant,ChrisMartin;twoanonymousreviewers;andparticipantsattheUniversityofMassachusetts-DartmouthandUniversityofConnecticutseminarsfortheirmanyhelpfulcomments.

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Title	The Effect of Economic Freedom on Civil Liberties in the Short Run: Physical Integrity Rights, 2000-2011
Authors/Creators:	Robert Szarka, University of Connecticut
Year:	2016
Volume:	31
Number:	3
Pages:	21 - 35
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	economic freedom, civil liberties, human rights, F. A. Hayek, Milton Friedman

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Szarka, Robert / 2016. "The Effect of Economic Freedom on Civil Liberties in the Short Run: Physical Integrity Rights, 2000-2011." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 31(3): 21-35.