Libertad y desempeño económico

Mejía Cubillos, Javier (2012): Libertad y desempeño económico.

Abstract

From a broad philosophical framework, this paper addresses the relation between freedom and economic performance. It argues for the thesis that, although a liberal system does not guarantee absolute harmony, is the only "convenient" and morally valid for a modern society. The core of this argument is the acceptance of the permanent uncertainty about the great results of the world and the inability of a central entity to control them.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Freedom and economic performance
• Language: Spanish
• Keywords: Freedom; Economic Development; Economic Growth; Capitalism
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O10 - General; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B0 - General > B00 - General; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity > O40 - General; P - Economic Systems > P5 - Comparative Economic Systems > P50 - General; A - General Economics and Teaching > A1 - General Economics > A13 - Relation of Economics to Social Values; P - Economic Systems > P0 - General > P00 - General; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy > O20 - General; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B5 - Current Heterodox Approaches > B53 - Austrian

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