The increase in support for populist politicians has led to an intensive search for explanations. A free market economy that creates winners and losers due to rapid economic transformation has been suggested as one key explanation. Reviewing the literature, we find little support that economic...

Economic freedom is an important contributor to growth and prosperity within countries and across the globe, as well as a key component of individual liberty in the classical liberal tradition. Many ethicists and social scientists criticise the relative distribution of the benefits of economic...

Economic freedom has been shown to be fundamental to economic growth and development. It has also been shown to be an important factor in mitigating the negative economic fallout associated with a variety of crisis types (e.g., pandemic, financial, and natural disasters). Economic freedom...

This research aims to investigate the impact of economic freedom on entrepreneurship within the GCC countries, spanning the period 2006-2020. Using the Panel ARDL methodology, the research analyzes the impact of economic freedom and its diverse components, including Property Rights, Government...

This research aims to investigate the impact of economic freedom on entrepreneurship within the GCC countries, spanning the period 2006–2020. Using the Panel ARDL methodology, the research analyzes the impact of economic freedom and its diverse components, including Property Rights, Government...

In this chapter, we highlight key scholarly contributions that build upon the role of economic freedom in economic history. We provide an overview of these contributions, including those setting forth institutional, technological, and cultural frameworks to account for change in economic...