03626nam 2200733Ia 450 991081478020332120200520144314.01-107-23079-91-139-50631-51-280-77407-X97866136848441-139-51779-11-139-08473-91-139-51521-71-139-51429-61-139-51686-81-139-51872-0(CKB)2670000000206131(EBL)944735(OCoLC)796383870(SSID)ssj0000677349(PQKBManifestationID)11437039(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000677349(PQKBWorkID)10693764(PQKB)10258115(UkCbUP)CR9781139084734(Au-PeEL)EBL944735(CaPaEBR)ebr10578283(CaONFJC)MIL368484(MiAaPQ)EBC944735(EXLCZ)99267000000020613120120221d2012 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe economics of freedom theory, measurement, and policy implications /Sebastiano Bavetta, Pietro Navarra1st ed.New York ;Cambridge Cambridge University Press20121 online resource (xvi, 205 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-107-50724-3 1-107-01784-X Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction -- Part I. Concepts and Tools: 2. Choice and freedom; 3. Measuring autonomy freedom; 4. The empirical measure of autonomy -- Part II. Autonomy Freedom and the Welfare State: 5. Why redistribute?; 6. Autonomy freedom and redistribution; 7. Autonomy freedom and welfare spending; 8. Choice, freedom, and the good society.What is freedom? Can we measure it? Does it affect policy? This book develops an original measure of freedom called 'Autonomy Freedom', consistent with J. S. Mill's view of autonomy, and applies it to issues in policy and political design. The work pursues three aims. First, it extends classical liberalism beyond exclusive reliance on negative freedom so as to take autonomous behavior explicitly into account. Second, it grounds on firm conceptual foundations a new standard in the measurement of freedom that can be fruitfully coupled with existing gauges. Third, it shows empirically that individual preferences for redistribution and cross-country differences in welfare spending in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries are driven by the degree of 'autonomy freedom' that individuals enjoy. By means of an interdisciplinary approach and a sophisticated econometric methodology, the book takes an explicit stand in defense of freedom and sets the basis for a liberalism based upon people's actions and institutions.EconomicsPolitical aspectsLibertyEconomic aspectsAutonomyEconomic aspectsEconomicsPolitical aspects.LibertyEconomic aspects.AutonomyEconomic aspects.330BUS039000bisacshBavetta Sebastiano1964-751672Navarra Pietro266499MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814780203321The economics of freedom4185756UNINA