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Winter 2019

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 34, Number 4

Categories: Winter 2019 | Social Justice

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),2019,55–74IsEconomicFreedomtheHiddenPathtoSocialJustice?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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Title	Is Economic Freedom the Hidden Path to Social Justice?
Authors/Creators:	Jeremy Horpedahl, University of Central Arkansas Jeremy Jackson, North Dakota State University David Mitchell, University of Central Arkansas
Year:	2019
Volume:	34
Number:	4
Pages:	55 - 74
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	social justice, economic freedom, social tolerance, political freedom, income inequality

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Horpedahl, Jeremy; Jackson, Jeremy; Mitchell, David / 2019. "Is Economic Freedom the Hidden Path to Social Justice?." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 34(4): 55-74.