http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/archives/2005/03/economic_and_po.html President Bush’s January inaugural speech stressed the importance of improving political freedoms worldwide: “So it is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the... en-us http://www.numinor.org/serendipity/index.php?/archives/13-Response-Gary-Becker.html Re: Economic and Political Freedom Dr. Becker, I agree with your analysis that economic freedom is better at bringing about political freedom, as opposed to the reverse. However, I’m not sure how that analysis would apply in a foreign policy setting fo http://hispanicpundit.com/archives/2005/04/13/the-relationship-between-economic-and-political-freedom/ One of the greatest economists of the 20th century, Milton Friedman, wrote this in the beginning of the first chapter of his book Capitalism And Freedom: "It is widely believed that politics and economics are seperate and largely unconnected; that ind... http://cntodd.blogspot.com/2005/03/on-relation-between-capitalism-and.html ...When a democratic state is governed by the capitalist class or, more likely, operated in its interests, democracy is viewed as a “good in itself.” However, when it provides a platform for transforming social relations and property righ... http://neo-libertarian.blogspot.com/2005/03/free-markets-and-democracy-in-this.html The link between free trade and democracy has been made before many times over - and it needs to be made again today by President Bush. http://www.thinklikeus.com/index.php/2005/03/08/economic_vs_social_liberalism Professor Becker hits on a topic that I find near and dear, that I was also just rethinking about this morning duing the commute: Previosuly I placed a higher priority on social liberalism over economic liberalism. I learned over the years that so... http://www.TheGlitteringEye.com/archives/000821.html Here's what's caught my eye this morning: Across the Bay critiques the Juan Cole history of Lebanon I linked to a while ago. Austin Bay comments on Iran and the oil weapon. Wretchard puts in his two cents. Becker and... http://opinion.paifamily.com/?p=1288 Becker makes an excellent point The Becker-Posner blog has commenced a discussion on the linkage between political and economic freedoms.The path from political to economic freedom, by contrast, is slower and more uncertain. It took India over four ... http://www.crumbtrail.org/mt/archives/001029.html Political freedom and economic freedom are different things if you look at them just right. Economists have that special squint as do politicians. Since both economic and political freedoms are highly valued, it is essential to understand how they...