Author: Ben Watkins
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What Do COVID-19 Responses Tell Us About the Shadow Price of Liberty?
Can basic liberties be valued in monetary terms? Many people object to the very idea of placing a “price” on liberty, even among the Chicago-school economists, who are usually eager to estimate the price of everything from human life to rain-forest. But sometimes, policy-makers are forced to weigh up civil liberties and competing social concerns.…
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Why are Socioeconomic Rights Ignored?
The Cinderella Rights As a young economist with FAO, I worked with a team that was framing a General Comment on the right to food. Some questions have been nagging me since. The idea that all humans have rights to food, shelter, and basic healthcare seems uncontroversial. Almost all countries (the US is an exception)…
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