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Zur Begründung der Freiheit

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  • Vaubel Roland

    (Abteilung Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universität MannheimMannheimGermany)

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The case for freedom is about the optimisation of knowledge and incentives. Freedom serves to optimise the use of existing knowledge and the production of new knowledge, and it gives individual actors the best incentives possible. The author traces the history of these arguments. The knowledge-based justifications are due to Adam Smith, Jeremy Bentham, Wilhelm von Humboldt, John Stuart Mill, Friedrich von Hayek and Karl Popper. Incentive-based justifications can be found in the writings of Thomas Aquinas, Adam Smith and James Mill. The author rejects any attempts to base the case for freedom and the right of property on the theory of evolution, i. e., natural selection. He finally queries the extent to which classical freedom is compatible with other aims such as efficiency, governmental enforcement of contracts, freedom of individual choice, political participation and the socialist concept of freedom.

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  • Vaubel Roland, 2019. "Zur Begründung der Freiheit," ORDO. Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, De Gruyter, vol. 70(1), pages 372-385, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:ordojb:v:70:y:2019:i:1:p:372-385:n:19
    DOI: 10.1515/ordo-2020-0020
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    Keywords

    Freedom; Information Economics; Incentives; Evolution; Efficiency; Participation; Freiheit; Informationsökonomik; Anreize; Evolution; Effizienz; Partizipation; Freedom; Information Economics; Incentives; Evolution; Efficiency; Participation;
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    JEL classification:

    • B1 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925
    • B2 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925
    • H0 - Public Economics - - General

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