Translated title: The goal is liberty: How the U.S. and China fit between economic and political freedom
Authors: Winkler, Kristina ; Cahlík, Tomáš (advisor) ; Hlaváček, Jiří (referee)
Document type: Master’s theses
Year: 2011
Language: eng
Abstract: Kristina Winkler [kristyna.winkler@gmail.com] IEPS Master's Thesis Proposal December 2010 Proposed title of thesis: The goal is liberty: How the U.S. and China fit between economic and political freedom. Name of supervisor: Tomas Cahlik cahlik@fsv.cuni.cz) Short outline of your proposed line of argument (including potential chapters) and the methodology you plan to use: I believe in Milton Friedman's idea that there is a tie between economic freedom and political Freedom. I believe in the idea that once economic freedom is lost, political and other freedoms will also follow suite. Having one form of freedom without the other unequalizes things and ultimately things will need to change. I'm not putting a strict time limit on how long things will take to change but I do believe that it is inevitable. In this paper I will be discussing the relation between economic and political freedom, how they feed and affect each other. I will used the United States and China in the modern context as examples and case studies relating to my concept of economic and political freedom. I will also justify my reasoning for why I believe that maintaining freedom in economic and political realms is important and needs to be preserved. I believe that Socialism trades society's supreme ideal of freedom for the hazy concept of...

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