Difference between revisions of "Portal:Economic Freedom"

Ask yourself . . if you had to choose between one and the other - between political freedom and economic freedom - which would you choose? Maybe not all, but most would choose economic freedom because it rules more of our lives. But this is not a real choice because one cannot choose to keep political freedom and forego economic freedom. Many people see political freedom and economic freedom as unrelated - believing that individual freedom is a political problem and material welfare an economic problem. And that therefore, being unconnected, any economic arrangement can be coupled with any political arrangement.
On the other hand, many (CW sponsors among them) see freedom of economic transaction and arrangement as part of, and fundamental to individual freedom. Further, that economic freedom is essential to political freedom - that political freedom cannot exist in the absence of economic freedom. At least we cannot point to an example in history of political freedom in the absence of economic freedom.

Article topics for this category

Articles in this category discuss a range of topics that relate directly and indirectly to economic freedom. These include:

• the relationship between economic and political freedom
• capitalism vs. socialism
• the role of government and fiscal policy in a free economy.

and

• wealth and poverty

which, being one of the more important subtopics, has its own category and homepage: Wealth and Poverty

• The topic of income distribution and inequality are part of the wealth and poverty discussion.