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Winter 2023

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 38, Number 4

Categories: Winter 2023 | Horwitz, Steven – Influence | Entrepreneurship | Women’s rights

The Emancipatory Liberalism of Steven Horwitz: The Case of Women’s Economic Status

Mikayla Novak, Mercatus Center at George Mason University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise38(4),2023,55-71TheEmancipatoryLiberalismofStevenHorwitz:TheCaseofWomen’sEconomicStatusMikaylaNovak*MercatusCenteratGeorgeMasonUniversityUnitedStatesofAmericaAbstractAdistinguishingfeatureofStevenHorwitz’scareerwashisemphasisupontheemancipatorycharacterofeconomicliberalismandmarketactivity.Marketenvironmentssupportedbyliberalinstitutions,suchaspropertyrights,contractualfreedom,andtheruleoflaw,havenotonlyfacilitatedmaterialprogressbutcorrodedsocialstratificationandpromotedthewelfareofoppressedanddisadvantagedpeoples.Thispaperarticulatesthreecomplementarymechanismsthroughwhicheconomicliberalismservesemancipatoryfunctions:inclusiveentrepreneurship;accommodativechangesincapitalandproductionstructures;andinstitutionsfacilitatingmarketentryandsocialinclusion.Horwitz’semancipatoryliberalismisillustratedwithregardtohistoricalandcontemporaryexperiencesofwomen’srights.JELCodes:B53,J16,P16Keywords:capital,emancipation,entrepreneurship,institutions,markets,women’srightsI.IntroductionLikemanyofhiscontemporariesinthelatetwentieth-centuryrevivalofAustrianeconomics,StevenHorwitzmadenumerousintellectualcontributionstothestudyofthemarketprocessandtheinstitutionalfoundationsofhumanliberties.Withinthesegenericdomainsofinquiry,hisresearchspecializationswerevast—suchascapitaltheory(Horwitz2000),monetarytheory(Horwitz1992,2008),familyandgender(Horwitz1995,2015a),inequalityandlivingstandards(GelosoandHorwitz2017;Horwitz2015b),andspontaneousordertheory(Horwitz2001).Acommonthreadthroughouthisprolificresearchoutputishiscommitmenttothefundamentaltenetsof*TheauthorthanksBobbiHerzberg(MercatusCenteratGeorgeMasonUniversity)andananonymousrefereefortheirfeedbackonadraftversionofthispaper.

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Title	The Emancipatory Liberalism of Steven Horwitz: The Case of Women’s Economic Status
Authors/Creators:	Mikayla Novak, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Year:	2023
Volume:	38
Number:	4
Pages:	55 - 71
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	capital, emancipation, entrepreneurship, institutions, markets, women’s rights

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Novak, Mikayla / 2023. "The Emancipatory Liberalism of Steven Horwitz: The Case of Women’s Economic Status." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 38(4): 55-71.