Political and Economic Freedom in the Welfare State: Some Basic Concepts Applied to the Case of Sweden
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When I first was asked to present this paper I was quite ignorant of how little of good theory economists really have when it comes to a basic analysis of an almost socio-philosophical character of freedom, rights, liberty, rules, et cetera in society. Few of the words mentioned here will be found in the indices of standard textbooks in economics. We all, however, use the words frequently in our daily argumentation. But what scientific background have we got for our everyday conversation?
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