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Winter 2019
ISSN 0890-913X
Volume 34, Number 4

Is Economic Freedom the Hidden Path to Social Justice?

Jeremy Horpedahl, University of Central Arkansas
Jeremy Jackson, North Dakota State University
David Mitchell, University of Central Arkansas
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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise34(4),2019,5574IsEconomicFreedomtheHiddenPathtoSocialJustice?JeremyHorpedahlUniversityofCentralArkansasJeremyJacksonNorthDakotaStateUniversityDavidMitchellUniversityofCentralArkansas__________________________________________________________AbstractHowcansocietiesadvancesocialjustice?Researchoneconomicfreedomaddressesmanysocialjusticegoals,includingsocialtoleranceandprotectionofminorityrights,promotionofdemocracyandpoliticalfreedoms,andincomeequality.Wesurveytheacademicliteratureonthesetopicsandfindthateconomicfreedomcanadvancesocialjusticegoalsinsomecases.Forincomeequalitytheresultedaremixed,buttheothergoalshaveaclearrelationshipwitheconomicfreedom.Basedontheseresults,socialjusticeadvocatesmaywanttoembraceeconomicfreedomtoachievegoalssuchastolerance,minorityrights,democracy,andpoliticalfreedom.__________________________________________________________JELCodes:D63,I30,O15Keywords:socialjustice,economicfreedom,socialtolerance,politicalfreedom,incomeinequalityI.IntroductionThesocialjusticemovementattemptstoaddresssomeofthemostpressingsocial,political,andeconomicissuesofourtime.Butaswithanysocialmovement,thereisoftenalargegapbetweenidentifyingproblemsandfindingsolutions.Sometimesthesolutionsarefoundinunexpectedplaces.Couldthesolutiontomanysocialjusticeissuesbefoundinamostunexpectedplace:expandingeconomicfreedom?Inthispaper,wesuggestthat,inmanycases,economicfreedomcontributestosocialjusticegoals,whichmaybesurprisingsincethesocialjusticemovementisoftenseenasbeingopposedtomarkets.
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