Thursday, November 10, 2016

What is a good metric to measure how free a society is?

I'll give five:

  • Percentage of the population that is fully enfranchised with full rights and prerogatives, e.g., voting rights, rights to own property, right to travel, right to make contracts, etc. (Higher is better)
  • Percentage of the population that is incarcerated for non-violent crimes (lower is better)
  • Government spending as a % of GDP (lower is better)
  • Aggregate tax rate (lower is better)
  • Government subsidies to privileged industries (lower is better)


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