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Fall 2006

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 22, Number 1

Categories: Liberalism | Fall 2006

Are We Taking Certain Liberties by Assuming a Relationship Exists Between Economic and Political Freedom?

John A. Tures, LaGrange College

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JournalofPrivateEntetprise,VolumeXXII,Number1,Fall2006AreWeTakingCertainLibertiesbyAssumingaRelationshipExistsBetweenEconomicandPoliticalFreedom?JohnA.TuresLaGrangeCollegeScholars(Vega-GordilloandAlvarez-Arce,2003)havedebatedtheconnectionbetweeneconomicfreedomandpoliticalfreedom.Empiricalstudiesofsuchargumentshavenotconclusivelyfoundsupportforthepresenceorabsenceofsucharelationship.Istherelationshipbetweenthevariablesharmoniousorharmful?Usingmultiplemeasuresofdemocracy,alinkisfoundbetweeneconomicandpoliticalfreedom.However,thefindingsareweaker,thoughsignificant,forasampleofdevelopingcountries.Thereisalsoahigherthanexpectednumberofcaseswheregovernmentsprovideonefreedom,butpartialelementsofanotherfreedom.Thismayexplainthedifferencesinresultsachievedbyscholarsanalyzingtheseties.LiteratureReviewOptimistsandPessimistsEvaluateEconomicandPoliticalFreedom'sRelationsh0Severalscholarshaveproducedoptimisticassessmentsoftiesbetweeneconomicandpoliticalfreedom.MiltonFriedman(1962)hypothesizedthateconomicandpoliticalfreedomweremutuallyreinforcing,afindingconfirmedbyVega-Gordt/loandAlvarez-Arce(2003).Mbaku(2003)arguesthatwritingdemocraticconstitutionsnotonlyreducesgovernmentalopportunisticbehavior,buthelpseconomicfreedom.Griswold(2003)claimsitisdifficultforgovernmentstograntJohnA.Tures22

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Title	Are We Taking Certain Liberties by Assuming a Relationship Exists Between Economic and Political Freedom?
Authors/Creators:	John A. Tures, LaGrange College
Year:	2006
Volume:	22
Number:	1
Pages:	22 - 36
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Democracy, Civil liberties, Economic freedom, Social democracy, Milton Friedman

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Tures, John A. / 2006. "Are We Taking Certain Liberties by Assuming a Relationship Exists Between Economic and Political Freedom?." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 22(1): 22-36.